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- catalog abstract ""This study illuminates the idea of nobility as display, as public performance, in Renaissance and seventeenth-century literature and society. Ranging widely from Castiglione and French courtesy manuals, through Montaigne and Bacon, to the literature of the Grand Siecle, David M. Posner examines the structures of public identity in the period. Situated at the intersection of rhetorical and historical theories of interpretation, this book contributes significantly to our understanding of the role of literature both in analyzing and in shaping social identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11516944.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""This study illuminates the idea of nobility as display, as public performance, in Renaissance and seventeenth-century literature and society. Ranging widely from Castiglione and French courtesy manuals, through Montaigne and Bacon, to the literature of the Grand Siecle, David M. Posner examines the structures of public identity in the period. Situated at the intersection of rhetorical and historical theories of interpretation, this book contributes significantly to our understanding of the role of literature both in analyzing and in shaping social identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: "The Noble Hart" -- 2. Montaigne and the staging of the self -- 3. Mask and error in Francis Bacon -- 4. Noble Romans: Corneille and the theatre of aristocratic revolt -- 5. La Bruyere and the end of the theatre of nobility.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 272 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521661811".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 33".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "809/.93353 21".
- catalog subject "European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Nobility in literature.".
- catalog subject "Nobility of character in literature.".
- catalog subject "PN721 .P67 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: "The Noble Hart" -- 2. Montaigne and the staging of the self -- 3. Mask and error in Francis Bacon -- 4. Noble Romans: Corneille and the theatre of aristocratic revolt -- 5. La Bruyere and the end of the theatre of nobility.".
- catalog title "The performance of nobility in early modern European literature / David M. Posner.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".