Uses of the Future in Early Modern Europe

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This collection of essays examines the idea of the future in early modern European literature, politics, religion, science, and social life. Investigating how both elite and popular writers represented their access to or control over the future, it proposes new insights into one of the defining characteristics of modernity.--

subjects: French literature,  Renaissance,  English literature,  Literature and society,  History and criticism,  Future, The, in literature,  History,  English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700,  French literature, history and criticism, 16th century,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Early modern,  Future in literature,  French literature, history and criticism