Walker, Greg. Reading literature historically : drama and poetry from Chaucer to the Reformation

Folger bibliographic ID: 303150
Folger call number: PR291 W35 2013
Folger holdings ID: 422555

How far should we try to read medieval and early modern texts historically? Does the attempt to uncover how such texts might have been received by their original readers and audiences uncover new, hitherto unexpected contemporary resonances in them? Or does it flatten works of art into mere 'secondary sources' for historical analysis? This book makes the case for the study of literature in context

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Includes bibliographical references and index How far should we try to read medieval and early modern texts historically? Does the attempt to uncover how such texts might have been received by their original readers and audiences uncover new, hitherto unexpected contemporary resonances in them? Or does it flatten works of art into mere 'secondary sources' for historical analysis? This book makes the case for the study of literature in context

Extended title: Reading literature historically : drama and poetry from Chaucer to the Reformation / Greg Walker

Historicism in literature English drama English poetry

author: Walker, Greg, 1959-