In defiance of time [electronic resource] : antiquarian writing in early modern England /
by Vine, Angus Edmund.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (ix, 244 p.) : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780191722462 (ebook) :.Subject(s): English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism | Humanism in literature | History in literature | National characteristics, English, in literatureOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'In Defiance of Time' contends that the antiquarian project integral to early modern literary & intellectual culture depended on the antiquaries' capacity to restore - in their imagination at least - the fragments of the past. It offers readings of important authors such as Leland, Stow, Spenser Camden, Drayton, & Selden.
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'In Defiance of Time' contends that the antiquarian project integral to early modern literary & intellectual culture depended on the antiquaries' capacity to restore - in their imagination at least - the fragments of the past. It offers readings of important authors such as Leland, Stow, Spenser Camden, Drayton, & Selden.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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