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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... readers to consider many possible in- terpretations of Donne's texts. The New Variorium Shakespeare is another such project, as are the annotated bibliographies published by Garland or G. K. Hall. And I would point, too, to the Dearborn ...
... readers to consider many possible in- terpretations of Donne's texts. The New Variorium Shakespeare is another such project, as are the annotated bibliographies published by Garland or G. K. Hall. And I would point, too, to the Dearborn ...
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... reader would ideally strive to be as conscious as possible of the kinds of questions she was asking of a text and of the larger assumptions those questions took for granted. Ideally, each reader would realize that any answers elicited ...
... reader would ideally strive to be as conscious as possible of the kinds of questions she was asking of a text and of the larger assumptions those questions took for granted. Ideally, each reader would realize that any answers elicited ...
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... reader respect, but as a warning it implies self-respect. A formal- ist might also notice the balanced syntax of the ... readers who favor “plain-style” poems might react differently from ones who prefer lusher styles, just as read- ers ...
... reader respect, but as a warning it implies self-respect. A formal- ist might also notice the balanced syntax of the ... readers who favor “plain-style” poems might react differently from ones who prefer lusher styles, just as read- ers ...
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... readers (as manuscripts might once have been); in- stead, they were marketed to anonymous crowds. Marxist critics might also be interested in this economic dimension. They might suggest, for instance, that although Jonson tries to ...
... readers (as manuscripts might once have been); in- stead, they were marketed to anonymous crowds. Marxist critics might also be interested in this economic dimension. They might suggest, for instance, that although Jonson tries to ...
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... reader, possession-loss, mental-physical, requesting-demanding, truth-falsity, and mere reading–real understanding. A deconstructor might highlight the same pairings but might argue that they disguise implicit hierarchies, which ...
... reader, possession-loss, mental-physical, requesting-demanding, truth-falsity, and mere reading–real understanding. A deconstructor might highlight the same pairings but might argue that they disguise implicit hierarchies, which ...
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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