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Nicholas Breton (1545/55-1626?) was one of the most prolific writers of the Early Modern period and left behind a vast œuvre that is, however, largely neglected today. Breton addresses instrumental questions of his time, especially those of man’s identity. This study concentrates on a selection of Breton’s political texts in which Breton contrasts the Self against the Other. These texts not only stigmatise the Other as the undesired, the unknown and the indecipherable, but also construct a patriotic and uniform English identity to be imitated by all Englishmen and Englishwomen: the English Self.

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Contents: New Historicism – Cultural Studies – Human Nature – Intellect – Political and Cultural Identity – Anti-capitalistic Tendencies – Self and Other.

Nicholas Breton and the English Self

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: 31/12/2013
      ISBN13: 9783631645031, 978-3631645031
      ISBN10: 3631645031

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nicholas Breton (1545/55-1626?) was one of the most prolific writers of the Early Modern period and left behind a vast œuvre that is, however, largely neglected today. Breton addresses instrumental questions of his time, especially those of man’s identity. This study concentrates on a selection of Breton’s political texts in which Breton contrasts the Self against the Other. These texts not only stigmatise the Other as the undesired, the unknown and the indecipherable, but also construct a patriotic and uniform English identity to be imitated by all Englishmen and Englishwomen: the English Self.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: New Historicism – Cultural Studies – Human Nature – Intellect – Political and Cultural Identity – Anti-capitalistic Tendencies – Self and Other.

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