Text/events in early modern England : poetics of history / Sandra Logan.

Author/creator Logan, Sandra, 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Descriptionviii, 360 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Studies in Italian culture--Literature in history.
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700. --History and criticism.
Literature and history--England. --History. --16th century.
Literature and society--England. --History. --16th century.
Historiography--Great Britain. --History. --16th century.
Great Britain--History. --Elizabeth, 1558-1603. --Historiography.
Great Britain--History. --Richard II, 1377-1399. --Historiography.

Contents Contemporary Elizabethan events and accounts -- "Writing doth remain" : accounts of the coronation entry of Elizabeth I -- Inscribing performance : art and artlessness at Kenilworth, 1575 -- Invocations of the past -- Chronicling the English past : child-kings, the succession question, and Richard II -- The drama of history : "counterfait" representations and "lively patterns."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006102512
ISBN9780754655862 (alk. paper)
ISBN0754655865 (alk. paper)