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A. Zurcher
Seventeenth-Century English Romance [PDF ebook]
Allegory, Ethics, and Politics

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Capa do A. Zurcher: Seventeenth-Century English Romance (PDF)

Overturning the common characterization of Seventeenth Century English prose romance as an exhausted, imitative genre with little bearing on the evolution of the novel, this book argues that early modern romance was a central forum for exploring the newly pressing moral-philosophical and political problem of self-interest.

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Allegory, Costancy and the Politic Agent Incest, Rivalry, and Succession: Romance and the Problem of Sociability The Trials of Love: Interest and Social Bonds in Mid-Century Romance Interest, the Sovereign Hero, and the End of Romance

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AMELIA ZURCHER is Assistant Professor of English at Marquette University, USA.

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Língua Inglês ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 226 ● ISBN 9780230605138 ● Tamanho do arquivo 1.5 MB ● Editora Palgrave Macmillan US ● Cidade New York ● País US ● Publicado 2007 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 2306818 ● Proteção contra cópia DRM social

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