Nicholas Breton and the English Self
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Beschreibung
This study presents various perspectives from which Breton investigates man: from the perspective of the imago Dei-debate, from the perspective of human nature and from the perspective of man’s identity – his English, Christian, social and political identity.
Nicholas Breton (1545/55-1626?) was one of the most prolific writers of the Early Modern period and left behind a vast œuvre 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.
Autor*in
Conny Loder
Themen in »Nicholas Breton and the English Self«
Breton das Eigene das Fremde English English identity English Self Identität James I. kulturelle Identität Loder Nicholas politische Identität Self