In Defiance of Time
by Angus Vine
'In Defiance of Time' contends that the antiquarian project integral to early modern literary and intellectual culture depended on the antiquaries' capacity to restore - in their imagination at least - the fragments of the past. It offers readings of important authors such as Leland, Stow, Spenser Camden, Drayton, and Selden.
English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700History in literatureNational characteristics, English, in literatureEnglish literatureHumanism in literatureHistory and criticismSocial life and customs