An Analysis of Stephen Greenblatt's Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare

In a series of brilliant readings, Greenblatt shows how identity is constructed in the work of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and other Renaissance writers. A classic piece of literary criticism Renaissance Self-Fashioning remains a critical and challenging text for readers of Renaissance literature.

What is a self? Greenblatt argues that the 16th century saw the awakening of modern self-consciousness, the ability to fashion an identity out of the culture and politics of one’s society. In a series of brilliant readings, Greenblatt shows how identity is constructed in the work of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and other Renaissance writers. A classic piece of literary criticism, and the origins of the New Historicist school of thought, Renaissance Self-Fashioning remains a critical and challenging text for readers of Renaissance literature.

• | Author: Liam Haydon
• | Publisher: Macat International Limited
• | Publication Date: May 15, 2018
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781912453108
• | ISBN-10: 191245310X