Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 178 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781580443524
,
9783110626681
Series Statement:
Studies in medieval and early modern culture 53
Content:
This volume considers the reception in the early modern period of four popular medieval myths of nationhood - the legends of Brutus, Albina, Scota and Arthur - tracing their intertwined literary and historiographical afterlives. The book thus speaks to several connected areas and is timely on a number of fronts: its dialogue with current investigations into early modern historiography and the period's relationship to its past, its engagement with pressing issues in identity and gender studies, and its analysis of the formation of British national origin stories at a time when modern Britain is seriously considering its own future as a nation
Content:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Origins of Origins -- Chapter 1. Brutal Beginnings: Britain and the Reception of Brutus of Troy -- Chapter 2. Albina and Her Sisters: Female Foundations -- Chapter 3. Remembering Scotland: The Early Modern Reception of Scota -- Chapter 4. Arthurian Afterthoughts Princes, Kings, and the Prophetic Past -- References -- Index
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781580443517
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Robinson-Self, Phil, 1979 - Early modern Britain's relationship to its past Kalamazoo : Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigian University, 2018 ISBN 9781580443517
Language:
English
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Mythologie
;
Geschichtsschreibung
;
Geschichte 1500-1700
DOI:
10.1515/9781580443524
URL:
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
