Fault Lines and Controversies in the Study of Seventeenth-century English LiteratureClaude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth Written by various experts in the field, this volume of thirteen original essays explores some of the most significant theoretical and practical fault lines and controversies in seventeenth-century English literature. The turn into the twenty-first century is an appropriate time to take stock of the state of the field, and, as part of that stocktaking, the need arises to assess both where literary study of the early modern period has been and where it might desirably go. Hence, many of the essays in this collection look both backward and forward. They chart the changes in the field over the past half century, while also looking forward to more change in the future. |
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... scientific outlook” of the Royal Society inculcated a kind of racialized thinking, and examine Milton's cult of chastity and theology of gen- der. The original, abbreviated versions of the essays included here were present- ed at the ...
... scientific outlook” of the Royal Society inculcated a kind of racialized thinking, and examine Milton's cult of chastity and theology of gen- der. The original, abbreviated versions of the essays included here were present- ed at the ...
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... scientific conjecture propounded by Karl Popper in his 1968 publication Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge be applied specifically to the first thirty years of John Donne's life, for which so little ...
... scientific conjecture propounded by Karl Popper in his 1968 publication Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge be applied specifically to the first thirty years of John Donne's life, for which so little ...
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... scientific, medical, and religious lore about such dangers. She not only demonstrates the relevance of such knowledge to understanding particular poems, but also places Donne's fear of physical intimacy within a larger cultural context ...
... scientific, medical, and religious lore about such dangers. She not only demonstrates the relevance of such knowledge to understanding particular poems, but also places Donne's fear of physical intimacy within a larger cultural context ...
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... Scientific Revolution ” When Christopher Hill issued this warning against the increasing domi- nance of historical revisionism in the mid - seventies , he could hardly have sus- pected that the revisionists would soon be reinforced by ...
... Scientific Revolution ” When Christopher Hill issued this warning against the increasing domi- nance of historical revisionism in the mid - seventies , he could hardly have sus- pected that the revisionists would soon be reinforced by ...
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... scientific ” versions of Marx- ism and Freudianism.3 Given this general background , it is not surprising that some of new his- toricism's withering critiques of early modern culture aim at demystifying the scientific utopianism of Sir ...
... scientific ” versions of Marx- ism and Freudianism.3 Given this general background , it is not surprising that some of new his- toricism's withering critiques of early modern culture aim at demystifying the scientific utopianism of Sir ...
Contents
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Dennis Flynn | 50 |
Tobias Gregory | 73 |
Elizabeth Sauer | 88 |
Kate Narveson | 111 |
Jeffrey Johnson | 130 |
Critical Directions in the Study of Early Modern Sermons | 140 |
Sharon Cadman Seelig | 156 |
Joan Faust | 170 |
Cristina Malcolmson | 187 |
William Shullenberger | 204 |
Notes on Contributors | 227 |
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