Humanism is usually thought to come to England in the early sixteenth century. In this book, however, Daniel Wakelin uncovers the almost unknown influences of humanism on English literature in the preceding hundred years. He considers the humanist...
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Humanism is usually thought to come to England in the early sixteenth century. In this book, however, Daniel Wakelin uncovers the almost unknown influences of humanism on English literature in the preceding hundred years. He considers the humanist influences on the reception of some of Chaucer's work and on the work of important authors such as Lydgate, Bokenham, Caxton, and Medwall, and in many anonymous or forgotten translations, political treatises, and documents from thefifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. At the heart of his study is a consideration of William Worcester, the fifteenth
Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-241) and index
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Contents; List of Abbreviations and References; 1. Introduction: humanism as reading; 2. Duke Humfrey and other imaginary readers; 3. Allusion, translation, and mistranslation; 4. William Worcester and the commonweal of readers; 5. Print and the reproduction of humanist readers; 6. Eloquence, reason, and debate; 7. Some Tudor readers and their freedom; Works Cited; Index
