Author

Publication

2006 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC820.9/003
  • LCCPR428.C48 K45 2006

Description

"This original book challenges prevailing accounts of English literary history, arguing that English literature emerged as a distinct category during the late sixteenth century, as England's relationship with classical Rome was suffering an unprecedented strain. Exploring the myths through which poets such as Geffrey Whitney, William Shakespeare, and John Milton understood the nature of their art, Sean Keilen shows how they invented archaic origins for a new kind of writing."--BOOK JACKET.

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