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Against All England: Regional Identity and Cheshire Writing, 1195-1656 (ND ReFormations: Medieval & Early Modern)

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Description for Against All England: Regional Identity and Cheshire Writing, 1195-1656 (ND ReFormations: Medieval & Early Modern) Paperback. Examines a diverse set of poems, plays, and chronicles produced in Cheshire and its vicinity from the 1190s to the 1650s that argue for the localization of British literary history. This title challenges chronologies of literary history that emphasize cultural rupture and view the 'Renaissance' as a sharp break from England's medieval past. Series: Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.

Against All England examines a diverse set of poems, plays, and chronicles produced in Cheshire and its vicinity from the 1190s to the 1650s that collectively argue for the localization of British literary history. These works, including very early monastic writing emanating from St. Werburgh’s Abbey, the Chester Whitsun plays, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, seventeenth-century ceremonials, and various Stanley romances, share in the creation and revision of England’s cultural tradition, demonstrating a vested interest in the intersection of landscape, language, and politics. Barrett’s book grounds itself in Cestrian evidence in order to offer scholars a new, dynamic model ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268022099
SKU
V9780268022099
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About Jr. Robert W. Barrett
Robert W. Barrett, Jr., is associate professor of English and medieval studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Reviews for Against All England: Regional Identity and Cheshire Writing, 1195-1656 (ND ReFormations: Medieval & Early Modern)
“This is a provocative and engaging study, which challenges previously held critical views of Cheshire and its literature. . . . Barrett’s monograph is path breaking and proposes fertile avenues for further research.” —Studies in the Age of Chaucer “Barrett succinctly and precisely situates his primary materials in terms of the local, regional, national, and even international issues they engage. ... Read more

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