A Handbook of English Renaissance Literary Studies

John Lee (Herausgeber)

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464 Seiten

2017
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-118-45874-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Provides a detailed map of contemporary critical theory in Renaissance and Early Modern English literary studies beyond Shakespeare A Handbook of English Renaissance Literary Studies is a groundbreaking guide to the contemporary engagement with critical theory within the larger disciplinary area of Renaissance and Early Modern studies. Comprising commissioned contributions from leading international scholars, it provides an overview of literary theory, beyond Shakespeare, focusing on most major figures, as well as some lesser-known writers of the period. This book represents an important first step in bridging the divide between the abundance of titles which explore applications of theory in Shakespeare studies, and the relative lack of such texts concerning English Literary Renaissance studies as a whole, which includes major figures such as Marlowe, Jonson, Donne, and Milton. The tripartite structure offers a map of the critical landscape so that students can appreciate the breadth of the work being done, along with an exploration of the ways in which the treatments of or approaches to key issues have changed over time.
Handbook of Renaissance Literature and Critical Theory is must-reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of early modern and Renaissance English literature, as well as their instructors and advisors. Divided into three main sections, Conditions of Subjectivity, Spaces, Places, and Forms, and Practices and Theories, A Handbook of English Renaissance Literary Studies: * Provides an overview of theoretical work and the theoretical-informed competencies which are central to the teaching of English Renaissance literary studies beyond Shakespeare * Provides a map of the critical landscape of the field to provide students with an opportunity to appreciate the breadth of the work done * Features newly-commissioned essays in representative subject areas to offer a clear picture of the contemporary theoretically-engaged work in the field * Explores the ways in which the treatments of or approaches to key issues have changed over time * Offers examples of the ways in which the practice of a theoretically-engaged criticism may enrich the personal and professional lives of critics, and the culture in which such critical practice takes place

Autor

John Lee, PhD is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol, UK, where he is Director of the iBA in Medical Humanities, and former Director of MA Programmes. His work on Renaissance English literature has included a selection of Spenser's shorter poems and a monograph, Shakespeare and the Controversies of Self. He has taught Renaissance and critical theory courses at all levels, in the UK and Japan.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Introduction John Lee Part 1: Conditions of Subjectivity 1 Gender Catherine Bates 2 Love and Friendship James M. Bromley 3 Race and Colonization Jean E. Feerick 4 Agency and Choice John Lee 5 Religion and the Religious Turn Julia Reinhard Lupton 6 Desire and Representation Simon Ryle 7 Power and Service David Schalkwyk 8 The Body and Its Lives William W.E. Slights 9 Objects and Things Julian Yates Part 2: Places, Spaces, and Forms 10 The Market David J. Baker 11 Nature and the Non-human Bruce Boehrer 12 Nation and Archipelago Willy Maley 13 London Ian Munro 14 The Church Anne M. Myers 15 The Republic of Letters and the Commonwealth of Learning Joanna Picciotto 16 Romance Benedict S. Robinson 17 The Court Lauren Shohet 18 The Household Mary E. Trull Part 3: Practices and Theories 19 Rhetorics of Similitude Judith H. Anderson 20 Publication Joshua Eckhardt 21 Authorship Jane Griffiths 22 Reading Mary Ann Lund 23 Science and Early Modern Literature Howard Marchitello 24 Representation Patricia Phillippy 25 Historiography Nicholas Popper 26 Devotion Timothy Rosendale 27 The Book Helen Smith 28 Travel and Chorography Angus Vine Index

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 250 mm
• Gewicht: 666 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-118-45874-5 / 1118458745
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-45874-7 / 9781118458747
• Zustand: Neuware