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portada Epic, Epitome, and the Early Modern Historical Imagination
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Physical Book
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Language
English
Pages
158
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781138262263
Edition No.
1
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Epic, Epitome, and the Early Modern Historical Imagination

Chloe Wheatley (Author) · Routledge · Paperback

Epic, Epitome, and the Early Modern Historical Imagination - Wheatley, Chloe

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Synopsis "Epic, Epitome, and the Early Modern Historical Imagination"

In early modern England, epitomes-texts promising to pare down, abridge, or sum up the essence of their authoritative sources-provided readers with key historical knowledge without the bulk, expense, or time commitment demanded by greater volumes. Epic poets in turn addressed the habits of reading and thinking that, for better and for worse, were popularized by the publication of predigested works. Analyzing popular texts such as chronicle summaries, abridgements of sacred epic, and abstracts of civil war debate, Chloe Wheatley charts the efflorescence of a lively early modern epitome culture, and demonstrates its impact upon Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Abraham Cowley's Davideis, and John Milton's Paradise Lost. Clearly and elegantly written, this new study presents fresh insight into how poets adapted an important epic convention-the representation of the hero's confrontation with summaries of past and future-to reflect contemporary trends in early modern history writing.

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