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This book is a unique study of a neglected period of English writing. It places mid-Tudor literature within the context of important debates about English nationhood, the nature of the English Reformation and English humanism, the growth of the political nation, and how Renaissance writers constructed authorial identities in manuscript and print. - ;Writing the Nation in Reformation England offers a major re-evaluation of English writing between 1530 and 1580. Studying authors such as Andrew Borde, John Leland, William Thomas, Thomas Smith, and Thomas Wilson, Cathy Shrank highlights the signif

History of civilization --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1500-1599 --- England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century. --- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. --- Nationalism and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century. --- Nationalism in literature. --- Reformation -- England.