Royalist Identities shifts the emphasis from the question 'What is Royalism?' to 'What did Royalism want to be?' The texts analyzed show how Royalism was concerned with the construction of a set of binary roles and behavioural models designed to perpetuate a certain paradigm of social stability. de Groot deploys theories of identity to analyze the literature and culture of this important period- including the works of Milton, Marvell, Herrick and Cowley, amongst others - and in particular to discuss the formation and construction of an ideologically inflected cultural and social identity.
ISBN: | 9781349514397 |
Publication date: | 1st January 2004 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 222 pages |
Series: | Early Modern Literature in History |
Genres: |
Literary theory Cultural studies European history Literary studies: general Literary studies: poetry and poets |