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A Companion to British Literature, Volume 2
Early Modern Literature, 1450 - 1660
Autorzy: Robert DeMaria, Heesok Chang, Samantha Zacher Wydawnictwo: Wiley Data wydania: 2013 Język publikacji: Angielski Liczba stron: 482 Formaty publikacji: EAN: 9781118731833 ISBN: 9781118731833 Kategoria: Literature & literary studies Indeks wydawcy: - Nota bibliograficzna: -
Spis treści
- Cover 2
- Series page 5
- Title page 6
- Copyright page 7
- Contents: Volume II: Early Modern Literature 1450–1660 8
- Full Table of Contents 12
- Editors 22
- Notes on Contributors to Volume II 23
- General Introduction 28
- Introduction to Early Modern Literature 35
- Chronology 1450–1662 42
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1: The Spectral Past: Medieval Literature in the Early Modern Period
58
- Raking Through the Ashes: Early Modern Representations of Middle English 60
- Middle English “Lytterature” and the Early Printers 63
- Bunglers Versus Poets: The Decline of Middle English 66
- Cover 2
- Series page 5
- Title page 6
- Copyright page 7
- Contents: Volume II: Early Modern Literature 1450–1660 8
- Full Table of Contents 12
- Editors 22
- Notes on Contributors to Volume II 23
- General Introduction 28
- Introduction to Early Modern Literature 35
- Chronology 1450–1662 42
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1: The Spectral Past: Medieval Literature in the Early Modern Period
58
- Raking Through the Ashes: Early Modern Representations of Middle English 60
- Middle English “Lytterature” and the Early Printers 63
- Bunglers Versus Poets: The Decline of Middle English 66
- Conclusion: The Epitaph for Middle English 69
- References 71
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2: The Fortunes of Arthur: Malory to Milton
73
- Why the Matter of Britain Mattered 74
- Sidney and Spenser 76
- Shakespeare’s Arthur 78
- Milton’s Arthur 80
- References 83
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3: Robert Burton and the Discontents of Print
86
- References 96
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4: Anglo-European Literary Relations in the Sixteenth Century
97
- The Evolution of Humanism in England 98
- Anglo-Italian Cultural Relations 101
- The Role of Translation 106
- The Mediating Influence of French Literature 107
- References 109
- 5: Mapping the British Archipelago in the Renaissance 111
- 6: Renaissance or Reformation? 127
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7: Religious Reading and Writing in an Age of Bloodshed
139
- I 140
- II 145
- III 148
- IV 149
- 8: Translations of Virgil from Gavin Douglas to Sir John Denham 155
- 9: England, the “Orient,” and the Ocean 173
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10: Politics and Religion in Elizabethan Drama
186
- “Render unto Caesar”: King versus Conscience 188
- “To Keep Men in Awe”: Religion as Power 189
- Counterfeit Professions: Lying, Spying, and Personal Conviction 191
- Beyond the Two Confessions: Non-Christian Belief Systems 194
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11: Women’s Literary and Intellectual Endeavors: A Case for the Anonymous Riposte
199
- Sixteenth-Century Women 200
- Seventeenth-Century Women 204
- Reconsideration of Female-Voiced Ripostes 209
- Why So Bold 211
- The Moderatrix 215
- References 218
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12: Shakespeare and the Arts of Persuasion
221
- The Renaissance of “Rhethoryke” 221
- “Breeching Scholars” and “Parrot-Teachers”: Rhetoric and Education 223
- “The Arithmetic of Memory”: Shakespeare’s Ars Memoria 226
- “I’ll Hammer It Out”: Shakespeare’s Ars Inveniendi 228
- “Dumb Significants”: Shakespeare’s Actio 231
- Shakespeare’s “Spirit of Persuasion” 233
- References 237
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13: Texts and Performances in the Age of Elizabeth
238
- Damon and Pythias 240
- The Three Ladies of London 243
- Tamburlaine 246
- The 1603 Hamlet 249
- References 252
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14: Physics, Metaphysics, and Religion in Lyric Poetry
254
- Lyric Interiority and the Metaphysical Poem 254
- Metaphysics 256
- John Donne 260
- The Physics of Metaphysical Poetry 263
- Religion 266
- References 268
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15: The Early English Essay
270
- Montaigne, Florio, and Bacon: Creating Modern Essays 271
- Early Seventeenth-Century Essayists: Johnson, Cornwallis, Tuvill 276
- Felltham: Resolve as Essay 280
- Peacham and Jonson: Adaptations of Essay 283
- References 286
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16: Francis Bacon and Aristotelian Afterlives
288
- I 291
- II 297
- References 303
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17: Scots Literature in the Age of the Makars and Beyond
306
- The Age of the Makars: 1450–1560 307
- From Reformation to Union (1560–1603) 315
- Epilogue: Between Union and Restoration (1603–1660) 318
- References 319
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18: Violence in Jacobean Drama: Macbeth, The Revenger’s Tragedy, The White Devil, and The Changeling
321
- I 323
- II 326
- III 329
- IV 332
- References 335
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19: First Folios: Jonson and Shakespeare
337
- Size and Status: Folios and Quartos, Works and Plays 339
- Selling Out: Printers, Publishers, and Booksellers 344
- Sacred Texts: Authors and Editors 347
- References 350
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20: Riding Westward: Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, and the Literature of Empire
352
- Spenser: West to Ireland 353
- Shakespeare and Empire 356
- Donne and Empire 359
- Conclusion 362
- Acknowledgment 363
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21: Cheap Print and Popular Reading During the Civil Wars, 1637–1660
366
- Detonation (1637–1642) 368
- Censorship 370
- Readers and Reading 372
- New Writers, Newswriters 375
- The Force of Cheap Print 380
- References 381
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22: Republican Writing from Milton to Locke
383
- Introduction 383
- Classical Republicanism: Aristocracy versus Democracy 384
- Machiavelli Was a People Person 387
- The Bible and Republicanism 389
- The Republican Calculus and the Rise of Commerce 392
- Republican Legacies 393
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23: John Bunyan and the Spaces of Religious Writing
399
- The 1650s: Spaces of Doubt, Despair, and Conversion 401
- The 1660s: Spaces of Persecution 404
- The 1670s: Spaces of Fiction 407
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24: Paradise Lost: Contexts and Poetic Creation
416
- Immediate Circumstances 416
- Political Conditions and Contexts 418
- Social Issues 422
- Intellectual Currents and Contexts 425
- Theological Contexts 426
- Literary Contexts and Transformations 428
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25: Human, Animal, and Machine in the Seventeenth Century
432
- Engines That Move Themselves 433
- The Argument from Design 438
- Satire and Science 441
- Conclusion 445
- Selected References and Further Reading 448
- Index to Volume II 459