Writing Combat and the Self in Early Modern English Literature

Writing Combat and the Self in Early Modern English Literature
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Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9781137010414
ISBN-13 : 113701041X
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Book Synopsis Writing Combat and the Self in Early Modern English Literature by : Jennifer Feather

Download or read book Writing Combat and the Self in Early Modern English Literature written by Jennifer Feather and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By examining these competing depictions of combat that coexist in sixteenth-century texts ranging from Arthurian romance to early modern medical texts, this study reveals both the importance of combat in understanding the humanist subject and the contours of the previously neglected pre-modern subject.


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