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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... Means 170 Cristina Malcolmson “ The Explication of Whiteness and Blackness ” : Skin Color and the Physics of Color in the Works of Robert Boyle and Margaret Cavendish William Shullenberger Milton's Lady and Lady Milton : Chastity ...
... Means 170 Cristina Malcolmson “ The Explication of Whiteness and Blackness ” : Skin Color and the Physics of Color in the Works of Robert Boyle and Margaret Cavendish William Shullenberger Milton's Lady and Lady Milton : Chastity ...
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... means complacent , but they share a belief that the fault lines that have emerged in the field are variously and valuably in- structive . Understanding divisions and controversies is itself a worthy exercise , but such understanding ...
... means complacent , but they share a belief that the fault lines that have emerged in the field are variously and valuably in- structive . Understanding divisions and controversies is itself a worthy exercise , but such understanding ...
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... means that readings of canonical works such as Samson Agonistes will be dramatical- ly unsettled when the various practices of consumption that govern the re- ception of texts and inform their meanings are investigated.” The next three ...
... means that readings of canonical works such as Samson Agonistes will be dramatical- ly unsettled when the various practices of consumption that govern the re- ception of texts and inform their meanings are investigated.” The next three ...
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... means for deciding truth so uncertain or disputed, that many intelligent students will be tempted either to abandon literary study altogether or, perhaps worse, simply to take the line of least resistance, adopting whatever approach ...
... means for deciding truth so uncertain or disputed, that many intelligent students will be tempted either to abandon literary study altogether or, perhaps worse, simply to take the line of least resistance, adopting whatever approach ...
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... means the sole much less the original the- orist of the movement , which drew upon a wide range of late Marxist re- sponses to revolutionary failure . These prominently include the work of British Marxists such as Raymond Williams as ...
... means the sole much less the original the- orist of the movement , which drew upon a wide range of late Marxist re- sponses to revolutionary failure . These prominently include the work of British Marxists such as Raymond Williams as ...
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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