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Analysis of Stephen Greenblatt's Renaissance Self-Fashioning
In a series of brilliant readings, Greenblatt shows how identity is constructed in the work of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and other Renaissance writers. A classic piece of literary criticism … [lees verder]
Analysis of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's Epistemology of the Closet
In this book, Sedgwick examines texts from Europe and America such as Wilde, Nietzsche and Proust, and considers the historical moment when sexual orientation came to be as important a signifier of … [lees verder]
Analysis of Sir Philip Sidney's The Defence of Poesy
The Defence of Poesy is the first major piece of literary criticism in English. Taking aim at classical authors who disparaged poetry, and contemporary critics who saw literature as a corrupting … [lees verder]
Analysis of William Wordsworth's Preface to The Lyrical Ballads
The Preface is a statement of Wordsworth’s poetic vision and offers an explanation of the poetic process behind the poems, which fused the rusticity of the ballad form with the psychological … [lees verder]
Analysis of Martin Buber's I and Thou
Martin Buber’s I and Thou argues that humans engage with the world in two ways, one necessary for existence and the other the source of the meaning of life. Buber’s masterpiece is the basis of his … [lees verder]
Analysis of St. Augustine's The City of God Against the Pagans
The City of God against the Pagans remains a central text in the Western intellectual tradition in the disciplines of theology, historiography, and political theory. Augustine's mature vision of what … [lees verder]
Analysis of N.T. Wright's The New Testament and the People of God
The first volume of his acclaimed series ‘Christian Origins and the Question of God’ which comprehensively addresses the historical and theological questions surrounding the origins of Christianity. … [lees verder]
Analysis of Martin Buber's I and Thou
Martin Buber’s I and Thou argues that humans engage with the world in two ways, one necessary for existence and the other the source of the meaning of life. Buber’s masterpiece is the basis of his … [lees verder]