The literature and literate knowledge that were produced in Europe from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries emanated from societies that were rigidly hierarchical. What difference did that fact make to the literature and literate knowledge? How did social hierarchy shape the production of literature and literate knowledge (by writers, patrons, printers) and their reception (by readers and audiences)? Literature, Learning, and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern Europe is the first book to ask these question of Western Europe, in relation to a wide range of genres, disciplines, practices, and writers. The picture that emerges is of literature and literate knowledge largely bolstering social hierarchies while also questioning at times the very basis on which societies measured the status and worth of their members.
| ISBN: | 9780197267332 |
| Publication date: | 17th March 2022 |
| Author: | Neil Kenny |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 312 pages |
| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Language: history and general works Literature: history and criticism |
The literature and literate knowledge that were produced in Europe from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries emanated from societies that were rigidly hierarchical. What difference did that fact make to the literature and literate knowledge? How did social hierarchy shape the production of literature and literate knowledge (by writers, patrons, printers) and their reception (by readers and audiences)? Literature, Learning, and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern Europe is the first book to ask these question of Western Europe, in relation to a wide range of genres, disciplines, practices, and writers. The picture that emerges is of literature and literate knowledge largely bolstering social hierarchies while also questioning at times the very basis on which societies measured the status and worth of their members.
Literature, Learning, and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern Europe features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, Language: history and general works, Literature: history and criticism
Literature, Learning, and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern Europe is available in Hardback
Literature, Learning, and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern Europe was written by Neil Kenny and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
Literature, Learning, and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern Europe has 312 pages
Yes it is part of Proceedings of the British Academy series