{"product_id":"renaissance-historical-fiction-9781843842682","title":"Renaissance Historical Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eFirst full study of the use made by Renaissance writers of the past in their prose fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavis's study could scarcely be more timely or invigorating. SEAN KEILEN, College of William and Mary. Williamsburg VA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A majority of the fiction composed in England in the second half of the sixteenth century was set inthe past. All the major prose writers of the period (Thomas Lodge, Sir Philip Sidney, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Deloney, Robert Greene) produced historical fiction, with settings ranging from the ancient world (as in Sidney's \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e) to the time of Henry VIII (in Nashe's \u003ci\u003eThe Unfortunate Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e). Yet while studies of the historical drama of the period abound, the historical bias of prose fiction has so far escaped any sort of sustained critical consideration. \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Historical Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length study of this important topic. It argues for the complex ways in which these prose fictions engage with an idea of the past, and of their power to destabilize some of our dominant models for understanding the period of 'the Renaissance'. The wide range of texts discussed includes Lodge's \u003ci\u003eRobin the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e;  Greene's \u003ci\u003eCiceronis Amor\u003c\/i\u003e; John Lyly's \u003ci\u003eEuphues and his England\u003c\/i\u003e; and the anonymous \u003ci\u003eFamous History of Friar Bacon\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, a chapter apiece is devoted to three key authors (Sidney, Deloney and Nashe)  whose work best represents the imaginative richness and thematic complexity of the historical fiction of the late sixteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Alex Davis is Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews.","brand":"Alex Davis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280643469563,"sku":"9781843842682","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781843842682.jpg?v=1772487508","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/renaissance-historical-fiction-9781843842682","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}