English Humanism

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Joanna Martindale

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Routledge
01 April 2025

Literary studies: general; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600

Series: Routledge Revivals

The literature of the English Renaissance demands some attention to the intellectual and educational background which produced it, in order to be seen in proper perspective. The selection in this book, originally published in 1985, both illustrate the intellectual climate of the English Renaissance and exemplify some of its characteristics, though not strictly literary products. These include education, classicism and imitation, wisdom and eloquence, history and moral philosophy, religion and vernacular scripture. Erasmus has been given a dominant place in the anthology as the main mediator of humanist ideas to England; other authors represented include Castiglione, Machiavelli, Sir Thomas Elyot, Roger Ascham and Ben Jonson. This volume charts precisely the debt of English Renaissance literature to Continental Humanism and the classical revival and is a valuable contribution to an understanding of the literature and society of the time.

Edited by: Joanna Martindale
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9781041022824
ISBN 10: 1041022824
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 01 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction. 1. Education: Theory and Practice 2. Classicism and Imitation 3. Wisdom and Eloquence 4. Men and Affairs: History and Ethics 5. Religion and Vernacular Scripture.

Joanna Martindale gained a doctorate from Oxford University for her thesis on the response to Horace in the English literature of the seventeenth century. She published an article drawing on her research entitled ‘The best master of virtue and wisdom: the Horace of Ben Jonson and his heirs’ in Horace made new: Horatian influences on British writing from the Renaissance to the twentieth century (CUP, 1993). She was Librarian of Worcester College Oxford from 1992 to 2015.

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English Humanism

Wyatt to Cowley

Joanna Martindale

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