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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... suggest ways of addressing them. The essays may be sorted into three general categories. The largest, con- sisting of six essays, is a group of studies that focuses on a range of theoretical questions central to the field of seventeenth ...
... suggest ways of addressing them. The essays may be sorted into three general categories. The largest, con- sisting of six essays, is a group of studies that focuses on a range of theoretical questions central to the field of seventeenth ...
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... suggest constructive ways of addressing and bridging them. In so doing, they also illuminate particular texts and specific writers and call attention to recurrent themes and issues. Broaching some of the most sig- nificant questions ...
... suggest constructive ways of addressing and bridging them. In so doing, they also illuminate particular texts and specific writers and call attention to recurrent themes and issues. Broaching some of the most sig- nificant questions ...
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... suggest that the phrase “take care” can be read both as a supplication and as a warning. As a supplication, it shows the reader respect, but as a warning it implies self-respect. A formal- ist might also notice the balanced syntax of ...
... suggest that the phrase “take care” can be read both as a supplication and as a warning. As a supplication, it shows the reader respect, but as a warning it implies self-respect. A formal- ist might also notice the balanced syntax of ...
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... suggest, for instance, that although Jonson tries to assert continued ownership of his text, the book can no longer be ... suggests the relative privilege he enjoyed. One of these privileges, of course, was his status as a male—a status ...
... suggest, for instance, that although Jonson tries to assert continued ownership of his text, the book can no longer be ... suggests the relative privilege he enjoyed. One of these privileges, of course, was his status as a male—a status ...
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... suggest that understanding may be an illusion and that only “mere read- ings” are possible after all. Language reduced to writing (a deconstructor might say) is inevitably open to innumerable interpretations. It would be possible, of ...
... suggest that understanding may be an illusion and that only “mere read- ings” are possible after all. Language reduced to writing (a deconstructor might say) is inevitably open to innumerable interpretations. It would be possible, of ...
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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