The Complicity of Imagination The American Renaissance, Contests of Authority, and Seventeenth-Century English Culture |
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Author:
| Grey, Robin |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-10554-5 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $36.99 |
Book Description:
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The Complicity of Imagination examines the rich and complex relationship between four nineteenth-century authors and the culture and politics of seventeenth-century England. This study portrays an American Renaissance whose writers were deeply enough read in the literature and controversies of seventeenth-century England to appropriate its cultural artifacts for their own purposes. By exploring the broader cultural implications of intertextual relationships, this book demonstrates how...
More DescriptionThe Complicity of Imagination examines the rich and complex relationship between four nineteenth-century authors and the culture and politics of seventeenth-century England. This study portrays an American Renaissance whose writers were deeply enough read in the literature and controversies of seventeenth-century England to appropriate its cultural artifacts for their own purposes. By exploring the broader cultural implications of intertextual relationships, this book demonstrates how literary texts participate in the artistic, political, and theological tensions within American culture.