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Myths of Renaissance Individualism (Early Modern History)

By John Jeffries Martin

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0333643089, 9780333643082, 9780230535756
Open Library ID
OL22590761M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2112970 bytes)
Pages
224\198
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Культурология;История культуры;История европейской

Description

The idea that the Renaissance witnessed the emergence of the modern individual remains a powerful myth. In this important new book Martin examines the Renaissance self with attention to both social history and literary theory and offers a new typology of Renaissance selfhood which was at once collective, performative and porous. At the same time, he stresses the layered qualities of the Renaissance self and the salient role of interiority and notions of inwardness in the shaping of identity.

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