Reform and cultural revolution

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The work Reform and cultural revolution represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Reform and cultural revolution

Statement of responsibility

James Simpson

Creator

• Simpson, James, 1954-
• Simpson, James, 1954-

Author

• Simpson, James, 1954-
• Simpson, James, 1954-

Subject

• Leland, John, 1506?-1552.
• English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
• Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451.
• Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451
• English literature -- History and criticism
• English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
• Leland, John, 1506?-1552

Language

eng

Summary

"Overstepping traditional period divisions, this volume in the new Oxford English Literary History runs from 1350 to the death of Henry VIII. It thus spans the extraordinary burst of English literary writing in the reign of Richard II; powerful phases of fifteenth-century literature; and the cultural revolution provoked by the split with Rome. Although potent traditions praise both 'Reformation' and 'Renaissance' as liberating movements, this book argues the reverse. Sixteenth-century centralization instead narrowed possibilities enjoyed by late medieval writers, whose work was energized by generic and stylistic diversity."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR85

LC item number

.O96 2002 v.2

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Oxford English literary history.

Series volume

2