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  • Publisher:
    Edinburgh University Press
    Publication date:
    05 October 2013
    06 February 2013
    ISBN:
    9780748681020
    9780748681013
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    Literature, Literary Theory, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature
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    Literature, Literary Theory, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature
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    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. It demonstrates the value of historical and cultural analysis alongside traditional literary scholarship for enriching our understanding of plays and poems from the medieval and early Tudor past and of the cultures which produced and received them. It equally accepts the risks involved in that kind of study.

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