The performance of nobility in early modern European literature /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
David M. Posner.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 272 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;
Volume Designation
33
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-266) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preliminaries; 1: Introduction: "The Noble Hart"; 2: Montaigne and the staging of the self; 3: Mask and error in Francis Bacon; 4: Noble Romans: Corneille and the theatre of aristocratic revolt; 5: La Bruyere and the end of the theatre of nobility; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This valuable study illuminates the idea of nobility as display, as public performance, in Renaissance and seventeenth-century literature and society. Through detailed readings of major authors, David Posner examines the tensions between literary or imaginative representations of 'nobility', and the increasingly problematic historical position of the noble classes themselves.
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Title
Performance of nobility in early modern European literature.
International Standard Book Number
0521661811
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
European literature-- Renaissance, 1450-1600-- History and criticism.
Nobility in literature.
Nobility of character in literature.
Littérature européenne-- 1450-1600 (Renaissance)-- Histoire et critique.
Nobles dans la littérature.
Noblesse de caractère dans la littérature.
Adel
Adel.
European literature-- Renaissance.
Letterkunde.
LITERARY CRITICISM-- Gay & Lesbian.
Literatur
Littérature européenne-- Renaissance-- Histoire et critique.