Myths of Renaissance Individualism

by John Jeffries Martin

Book Overview

The idea that the Renaissance witnessed the emergence of the modern individual remains a powerful myth. In this important new book Martin examines the Renaissance self with attention to both social history and literary theory and offers a new typology of Renaissance selfhood which was at once collective, performative and porous. At the same time, he stresses the layered qualities of the Renaissance self and the salient role of interiority and notions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023000640X
• ISBN13: 9780230006409
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"