The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson

The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 0521819075
ISBN-13 : 9780521819077
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Book Synopsis The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson by : John T. Lynch

Download or read book The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson written by John T. Lynch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson, Jack Lynch explores eighteenth-century British conceptions of the Renaissance, and the historical, intellectual, and cultural uses to which the past was put during the period. Scholars, editors, historians, religious thinkers, linguists, and literary critics of the period all defined themselves in relation to 'the last age' or 'the age of Elizabeth'. This interdisciplinary study will be of interest to cultural as well as literary historians of the eighteenth century.


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