Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700: The Pen and the Sword

Feather, Jennifer

By examining these competing depictions of combat that coexist in sixteenth-century texts ranging from Arthurian romance to early modern medical texts, this study reveals both the importance of combat in understanding the humanist subject and the contours of the previously neglected pre-modern subject.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-12-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230120419

DOI: 10.1057/9781137010414

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 254