An Analysis of Stephen Greenblatt's Renaissance Self-Fashioning
by Liam Haydon
2020-07-15 00:31:39
An Analysis of Stephen Greenblatt's Renaissance Self-Fashioning
by Liam Haydon
2020-07-15 00:31:39
What is a self? Greenblatt argues that the 16th century saw the awakening of modern self-consciousness, the ability to fashion an identity out of the culture and politics of oneâs society. In a series of brilliant readings, Greenblatt shows how ...
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What is a self? Greenblatt argues that the 16th century saw the awakening of modern self-consciousness, the ability to fashion an identity out of the culture and politics of oneâs society. In a series of brilliant readings, Greenblatt shows how identity is constructed in the work of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and other Renaissance writers. A classic piece of literary criticism, and the origins of the New Historicist school of thought, Renaissance Self-Fashioning remains a critical and challenging text for readers of Renaissance literature.
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