What is a self? Greenblatt argues that the 16th century saw the awakening of modern self-consciousness, the ability to fashion an identity out of the culture and politics of one's society. 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, and the origins of the New Historicist school of thought, Renaissance Self-Fashioningremains a critical and challenging text for readers of Renaissance literature. | An Analysis Of Stephen Greenblatt's Renaissance Self-fashioning by Liam Haydon, Paperback | Indigo Chapters