The uses of the future in early modern Europe

Is modernity synonymous with progress? Did the Renaissance really break with the cyclical, agrarian time of the Middle Ages, inaugurating a new concept of irreversible time in a secular culture defined by development? How does methodology affect scholarly responses to the idea of the future in the p...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben

Weitere Verfasser:	Brady, Andrea 1974- (HerausgeberIn), Butterworth, Emily (HerausgeberIn), Burke, Peter 1937-
Format:	E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY [u.a.] : Routledge, 2010
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:	Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture 12
Schlagworte:	English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism French literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism Future, The, in literature Literature and society -- Europe -- History Renaissance
Umfang:	1 online resource (263 pages)