Nicholas Breton and the English Self

Conny Loder

Nicholas Breton and the English Self
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Country
Switzerland
Published
31 December 2013
Pages
283
ISBN
9783631645031

Nicholas Breton and the English Self

Conny Loder

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Nicholas Breton (1545/55-1626?) was one of the most prolific writers of the Early Modern period and left behind a vast oeuvre that is, however, largely neglected today. Breton addresses instrumental questions of his time, especially those of man’s identity. This study concentrates on a selection of Breton’s political texts in which Breton contrasts the Self against the Other. These texts not only stigmatise the Other as the undesired, the unknown and the indecipherable, but also construct a patriotic and uniform English identity to be imitated by all Englishmen and Englishwomen: the English Self.

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