The Ludie Self In Seventeenth-Century English Literature
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A work of literary criticism and scholarship, The Ludic Self in Seventeenth-Century English Literature presents a rigorous and illuminating study of the concept of play as a mode of self-construction in the writings of major seventeenth-century English authors. Anna K. Nardo argues that figures such as Milton, Marvell, and others employed ludic—or playful—strategies not merely as rhetorical ornament, but as a fundamental means of defining personal and poetic identity in an era of profound religious and political upheaval. Drawing on theories of play from Huizinga and others, the work illustrates how the tension between earnestness and game-playing shaped both the form and content of canonical texts from the period. Written with academic precision yet sustained intellectual energy, it offers scholars and advanced students of Renaissance and early modern literature a compelling framework for re-reading familiar works through the lens of play theory.
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A work of literary criticism and scholarship, The Ludic Self in Seventeenth-Century English Literature presents a rigorous and illuminating study of the concept of play as a mode of self-construction in the writings of major seventeenth-century English authors. Anna K. Nardo argues that figures such as Milton, Marvell, and others employed ludic—or playful—strategies not merely as rhetorical ornament, but as a fundamental means of defining personal and poetic identity in an era of profound religious and political upheaval. Drawing on theories of play from Huizinga and others, the work illustrates how the tension between earnestness and game-playing shaped both the form and content of canonical texts from the period. Written with academic precision yet sustained intellectual energy, it offers scholars and advanced students of Renaissance and early modern literature a compelling framework for re-reading familiar works through the lens of play theory.
