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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... sense of the field's dy- namism and vitality . Rather than the exhaustion or ennui characteristic of fin de siècle assessment , the dominant mood of these essays is a cautious opti- mism . The contributors are by no means complacent ...
... sense of the field's dy- namism and vitality . Rather than the exhaustion or ennui characteristic of fin de siècle assessment , the dominant mood of these essays is a cautious opti- mism . The contributors are by no means complacent ...
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... sense, all such questions boil down to Pilate's famous query (echoed by Francis Bacon): what is truth? Obviously, such crucial questions deserve serious attention. To complicate matters even further, however, it is unclear if any of ...
... sense, all such questions boil down to Pilate's famous query (echoed by Francis Bacon): what is truth? Obviously, such crucial questions deserve serious attention. To complicate matters even further, however, it is unclear if any of ...
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... sense that one can be open - minded without being empty- headed . The pragmatic benefits of pluralism can include a willingness to hear ( and be heard by ) others , including one's students . Of all these benefits , the ethical may be ...
... sense that one can be open - minded without being empty- headed . The pragmatic benefits of pluralism can include a willingness to hear ( and be heard by ) others , including one's students . Of all these benefits , the ethical may be ...
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... sense of being vastly outnumbered that helps give her book its often combative edge. From among the small library of books that discuss literary pluralism explicitly, hers is easily the most pas- sionate.6 I hesitate to call Rooney's ...
... sense of being vastly outnumbered that helps give her book its often combative edge. From among the small library of books that discuss literary pluralism explicitly, hers is easily the most pas- sionate.6 I hesitate to call Rooney's ...
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... sense of the work's complexity and richness. Only a self-consciously and deliberately pluralist theoretical perspective both encourages and justifies such a multidimensional approach. This is because pluralism, as stated above, assumes ...
... sense of the work's complexity and richness. Only a self-consciously and deliberately pluralist theoretical perspective both encourages and justifies such a multidimensional approach. This is because pluralism, as stated above, assumes ...
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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