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Arthurian romances --- Britons in literature. --- Comparative literature --- English literature --- German literature --- Medievalism --- Middle Ages in literature. --- Mythology, Germanic, in literature. --- Nibelungen in literature. --- Adaptations --- History and criticism. --- English and German. --- German and English. --- History and criticism --- History --- Civilization, Medieval --- Middle Ages --- Young Germany --- Romances
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The Tudor era has long been associated with the rise of nationalism in England, yet nationalist writing in this period often involved the denigration and outright denial of Englishness. Philip Schwyzer argues that the ancient, insular, and imperial nation imagined in the works of writers such as Shakespeare and Spenser was not England, but Britain. Disclaiming their Anglo-Saxon ancestry, the English sought their origins in a nostalgic vision of British antiquity. Focusing on texts including The Faerie Queene, English and Welsh antiquarian works, The Mirror for Magistrates, Henry V and King Lear, Schwyzer charts the genesis, development and disintegration of British nationalism in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. An important contribution to the expanding scholarship on early modern Britishness, this study gives detailed attention to Welsh texts and traditions, arguing that Welsh sources crucially influenced the development of English literature and identity.
Thematology --- English literature --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- Nationalism and literature --- Literature and history --- National characteristics, British, in literature. --- National characteristics, Welsh, in literature. --- Nationalism in literature. --- Britons in literature. --- Memory in literature. --- Memory as a theme in literature --- Literature and nationalism --- Literature --- History and criticism. --- History --- Wales --- In literature. --- Arts and Humanities
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Ancient history in literature --- Bretoenen uit Groot-Brittannië in de literatuur --- Bretons de Grande-Bretagne dans la littérature --- British national characteristics in literature --- Britons in literature --- Brits volkskarakter in de literatuur --- Britse volksaard in de literatuur --- Caractéristiques nationales britanniques dans la littérature --- Geschiedenis van de oudheid in de literatuur --- Histoire de l'antiquite dans la litterature --- History [Ancient ] in literature --- National characteristics [British ] in literature --- Volksaard [Britse ] in de literatuur --- Volkskarakter [Brits ] in de literatuur --- Women soldiers in literature --- Britons in literature. --- English literature --- History, Ancient, in literature. --- National characteristics, British, in literature. --- Women and literature --- Women soldiers in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History --- History and criticism --- Early modern, 1500-1700 --- Boadicea, Queen --- Influence --- Great Britain --- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. --- Historiography --- Shakespeare, William --- England
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English literature --- Arthurian romances --- Literature and history --- National characteristics, British, in literature. --- Romances, English --- Kings and rulers in literature. --- Britons in literature. --- Littérature anglaise --- Cycle d'Arthur --- Littérature et histoire --- Caractéristiques nationales britanniques dans la littérature --- Roman courtois anglais --- Rois et souverains dans la littérature --- Bretons de Grande-Bretagne dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Historical fiction, English
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Scholars continue to find that fictional narratives provide rich insight into the historical development of a modern national consciousness. In nineteenth-century Britain, the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood played an important role in construction of contemporary national identity. These two legends provide important windows on British culture and draw from very different perspectives. King Arthur and Robin Hood have traditionally been diametrically opposed in their ideological orientation, with Arthur at the pinnacle of the social and political hierarchy and Robin Hood completely outside conventional hierarchical structures. The fact that two such different figures could simultaneously function as British national heroes suggests that nineteenth-century British nationalism did not represent a single set of values and ideas, but rather that it was forced to assimilate a variety of competing points of view.
English literature --- Thematology --- Robin Hood --- Arthur [King] --- anno 1800-1899 --- Nationalism and literature --- Arthurian romances --- National characteristics, British, in literature. --- Medievalism --- Robin Hood (Legendary character) in literature. --- Nationalism in literature. --- Britons in literature. --- Outlaws in literature. --- Myth in literature. --- Littérature anglaise --- Nationalisme et littérature --- Roman arthurien --- Caractéristiques nationales britanniques dans la littérature --- Médiévisme --- Robin des bois (Personnage légendaire) dans la littérature --- Nationalisme dans la littérature --- Bretons de Grande-Bretagne dans la littérature --- Hors-la-loi dans la littérature --- Mythe dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- History --- Adaptations --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Adaptation --- Arthur, --- In literature. --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Civilization --- Civilisation --- Littérature anglaise --- Nationalisme et littérature --- Caractéristiques nationales britanniques dans la littérature --- Médiévisme --- Robin des bois (Personnage légendaire) dans la littérature --- Nationalisme dans la littérature --- Bretons de Grande-Bretagne dans la littérature --- Hors-la-loi dans la littérature --- Mythe dans la littérature --- King Arthur [Fictitious character] --- Robin Hood [Fictitious character] --- KING ARTHUR --- ROBIN HOOD (LEGENDARY CHARACTER) --- ENGLISH LITERATURE --- 19th CENTURY
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