Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature |
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| Author:
| Scodel, Joshua |
| Series title: | Literature in History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-09028-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $225.00 |
Book Description:
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Examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. This book argues that English authors used the ancient schema of means and extremes in innovative and contentious ways hitherto ignored by scholars.
Examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. This book argues that English authors used the ancient schema of means and extremes in innovative and contentious ways hitherto ignored by scholars.