By William T, Dr Rossiter,Jason, Professor Powell
ISBN-10: 1138256919
ISBN-13: 9781138256910
ISBN-10: 1409430200
ISBN-13: 9781409430209
A specified exam of the connection among the discourses and practices of authority and international relations within the past due medieval and early sleek classes, Authority and international relations from Dante to Shakespeare interrogates the power duality of the jobs of writer and ambassador.
The quantity methods its topic from a literary-historical viewpoint, drawing upon overdue medieval and early sleek rules and discourses of international relations and authority, and reading how they're manifested inside of assorted types of writing: drama, poetry, diplomatic correspondence, peace treaties, and family debts. members specialize in significant literary figures from diversified cultures, together with Dante, Petrarch, and Tasso from Italy; and from England, Chaucer, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare. additionally, the ebook strikes among and throughout literary-historical sessions, tracing the improvement of options and discourses of authority and international relations from the past due medieval to the early smooth period.
Taken jointly, those essays forge a broader argument for the centrality of international relations and diplomatic suggestions within the literature and tradition of past due medieval and early smooth England, and for the significance of international relations in present reviews of English literature prior to 1603.
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