Elizabethan Humanism : Literature and Learning in the Later Sixteenth Century
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library
ISBN-10
0582289807
ISBN-13
9780582289802
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Longman
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 9th, 2001
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
344 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.20 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Humanist & secular alternatives to religion
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This work is an account of Elizabethan humanism, dedicated to the Elizabethan period of Renaissance writing. It offers a new approach to the topic by using records of the words humanity and humanist to establish an understanding of the word humanism.
The term ''humanist'' originally referred to a scholar of Classical literature. In the Renaissance and particularly in the Elizabethan age, European intellectuals devoted themselves to the rediscovery and study of Roman and Greek literature and culture. This trend of Renaissance thought became known in the 19th century as ''humanism''. Often a difficult concept to understand, the term Elizabethan Humanism is introduced in Part One and explained in a number of different contexts. Part Two illustrates how knowledge of humanism allows a clearer understanding of Elizabethan literature, by looking closely at major texts of the Elizabethan period which include Spenser''s, ''The Shepherd''s Calendar''; Marlowe''s ''Faustus'' and Shakespeare''s ''Hamlet''.
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