Sean Keilen

Putting Beowulf and Canterbury Tales aside, Professor Keilen argues (I think) a newborn English literature arrived on the scene in the late 16th century. A classical antiquarian past became a renaissance prologue that was necessary to edit, bend, and mold into an initially "vulgar" vernacular that would eventually become a renowned and eloquent body of literature that would ultimately change the world. When the conquered finally lost their admiration and dependence for their conquerors, the prison doors flew open, and the sudden freedom allowed an escape from familiar barbarity, revealing a path forward to a civilized discourse and new identity.… (altro)