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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... important in- fluences , arguing that their principle of elaboration through distinctiones illuminates “ the ingenuity and generosity ” of the “ entire structure ” of the seventeenth - century sermon . The final essays concern the fault ...
... important in- fluences , arguing that their principle of elaboration through distinctiones illuminates “ the ingenuity and generosity ” of the “ entire structure ” of the seventeenth - century sermon . The final essays concern the fault ...
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... important theorists), pluralism assumes that every theory, by asking differ- ent kinds of questions, will provide different kinds of answers and that each kind of answer is at least potentially valuable in its 10 Evans "What Is Truth ...
... important theorists), pluralism assumes that every theory, by asking differ- ent kinds of questions, will provide different kinds of answers and that each kind of answer is at least potentially valuable in its 10 Evans "What Is Truth ...
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... important : our conversations may never produce fi- 4. An exception is Irena R. Makaryk , ed . , Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory : Ap- proaches , Scholars , Terms ( Toronto : University of Toronto Press , 1993 ) , 116–19 ...
... important : our conversations may never produce fi- 4. An exception is Irena R. Makaryk , ed . , Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory : Ap- proaches , Scholars , Terms ( Toronto : University of Toronto Press , 1993 ) , 116–19 ...
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... important than its continued usefulness. One need not, for instance, accept the social, political, or religious views of a theorist (to name just a few potential compli- cations) in order to find his methods productive. Second, the ...
... important than its continued usefulness. One need not, for instance, accept the social, political, or religious views of a theorist (to name just a few potential compli- cations) in order to find his methods productive. Second, the ...
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... important background for Frankfortians such as Walter Benjamin ) and its links with British Marxist - materialism . The second chapter ( pp . 20-48 ) discusses the in- fluence of Clifford Geertz's “ thick ” anthropological descriptions ...
... important background for Frankfortians such as Walter Benjamin ) and its links with British Marxist - materialism . The second chapter ( pp . 20-48 ) discusses the in- fluence of Clifford Geertz's “ thick ” anthropological descriptions ...
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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