ISBN: 9780199215881

Humanism is usually thought to come to England in the early sixteenth century. In this book, however, Daniel Wakelin uncovers the almost unknown influences of humanism on English literatu… More...

Humanism is usually thought to come to England in the early sixteenth century. In this book, however, Daniel Wakelin uncovers the almost unknown influences of humanism on English literature in the preceding hundred years. He considers the humanist influences on the reception of some of Chaucer's work and on the work of important authors such as Lydgate, Bokenham, Caxton, and Medwall, and in many anonymous or forgotten translations, political treatises, and documents from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. At the heart of his study is a consideration of William Worcester, the fifteenth-century scholar. Wakelin can trace the influence of humanism much earlier than was thought, because he examines evidence in manuscripts and early printed books of the English study and imitation of antiquity, in polemical marginalia on classical works, and in the ways in which people copied and shared classical works and translations. He also examines how various English works were shaped by such reading habits and, in turn, how those English works reshaped the reading habits of the wider community. Humanism thus, contrary to recent strictures against it, appears not as 'top-down' dissemination, but as a practical process of give-and-take between writers and readers. Humanism thus also prompts writers to imagine their potential readerships in ways which challenge them to re-imagine the political community and the intellectual freedom of the reader. Our views both of the fifteenth century and of humanist literature in English are transformed. Trade Books>Hardcover>Classics>Lit Studies>Lit Theory & Criticism, Oxford University Press Core >2<

ISBN: 9780199215881

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press], Humanism is usually thought to come to England in the early sixteenth century. In this book, however, Daniel Wakelin uncovers the almost unknown i… More...

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press], Humanism is usually thought to come to England in the early sixteenth century. In this book, however, Daniel Wakelin uncovers the almost unknown influences of humanism on English literature in the preceding hundred years. He considers the humanist influences on the reception of some of Chaucer's work and on the work of important authors such as Lydgate, Bokenham, Caxton, and Medwall, and in many anonymous or forgotten translations, political treatises, and documents from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. At the heart of his study is a consideration of William Worcester, the fifteenth-century scholar. Wakelin can trace the influence of humanism much earlier than was thought, because he examines evidence in manuscripts and early printed books of the English study and imitation of antiquity, in polemical marginalia on classical works, and in the ways in which people copied and shared classical works and translations. He also examines how various English works were shaped by such reading habits and, in turn, how those English works reshaped the reading habits of the wider community. Humanism thus, contrary to recent strictures against it, appears not as 'top-down' dissemination, but as a practical process of give-and-take between writers and readers. Humanism thus also prompts writers to imagine their potential readerships in ways which challenge them to re-imagine the political community and the intellectual freedom of the reader. Our views both of the fifteenth century and of humanist literature in English are transformed., Art History: Renaissance<

2007, ISBN: 9780199215881

PRACTITIONER LAW, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 256 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-08-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 1.23 kg, Linguistik, Soz… More...

PRACTITIONER LAW, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 256 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-08-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 1.23 kg, Linguistik, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Antike, Bewegungen & Epochen, Literaturgeschichte & -kritik, Literatur & Fiktion, Renaissance, Englische & Irische Literatur, Europäische Literatur, Regionen & Kulturkreise, Geschichte & Kritik, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Themen & Konzepte, Großbritannien, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, PRACTITIONER LAW, 2007<

2007, ISBN: 019921588X

[EAN: 9780199215881], Neubuch, [PU: PRACTITIONER LAW], LITERATURE - CLASSICS CRITICISM LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES LINGUISTICS GENERAL LITERARY EUROPEAN ENGLISH, IRISH, SCOTTISH, WELSH, D… More...

[EAN: 9780199215881], Neubuch, [PU: PRACTITIONER LAW], LITERATURE - CLASSICS CRITICISM LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES LINGUISTICS GENERAL LITERARY EUROPEAN ENGLISH, IRISH, SCOTTISH, WELSH, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextDaniel Wakelin uses new methods and theories in the history of reading to uncover fresh information about the design, ownership, and marginalia of books in a neglected period in English literary history. Transforming our under., Books<

2007, ISBN: 9780199215881

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Oxford University Press], Oxford University Press, 2007