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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... present- ed at the fourteenth (and final) biennial Renaissance conference at the Uni- versity of Michigan–Dearborn on October 19–21, 2000.1 The versions printed here have benefited from the stimulating exchanges and responses afford-. 1 ...
... present- ed at the fourteenth (and final) biennial Renaissance conference at the Uni- versity of Michigan–Dearborn on October 19–21, 2000.1 The versions printed here have benefited from the stimulating exchanges and responses afford-. 1 ...
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... presents — but does not reconcile — two conflicting views . He concludes that the approach via Bakhtinian dialogism “ illustrates that the search for ideolog- ical positions in poetry is . . . more complex than is sometimes thought ...
... presents — but does not reconcile — two conflicting views . He concludes that the approach via Bakhtinian dialogism “ illustrates that the search for ideolog- ical positions in poetry is . . . more complex than is sometimes thought ...
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... present volume, Kate Narveson takes seriously Mueller's dictum and critiques recent approaches to the study of early modern religious texts. She declares, “While approaches to religious texts became more varied during the 1990s, a ...
... present volume, Kate Narveson takes seriously Mueller's dictum and critiques recent approaches to the study of early modern religious texts. She declares, “While approaches to religious texts became more varied during the 1990s, a ...
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... present physical danger that sexual intercourse was thought to pose in the seventeenth century, Faust brings to the fore a great deal of early modern scientific, medical, and religious lore about such dangers. She not only demonstrates ...
... present physical danger that sexual intercourse was thought to pose in the seventeenth century, Faust brings to the fore a great deal of early modern scientific, medical, and religious lore about such dangers. She not only demonstrates ...
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... present colleagues or recent predecessors with smug contempt . Instead , the best minds of the present , past , and future would col- laborate in an ongoing dialogue in which each insight is recognized as not only inevitably partial but ...
... present colleagues or recent predecessors with smug contempt . Instead , the best minds of the present , past , and future would col- laborate in an ongoing dialogue in which each insight is recognized as not only inevitably partial but ...
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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