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: | 9781403919007 |
| Publication date: | 10th November 2004 |
| Author: | Jerome De Groot |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 222 pages |
| Series: | Early Modern Literature in History |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Cultural studies European history Literary studies: general Literary studies: poetry and poets |