Fault lines and controversies in the study of seventeenth-century English literature / / edited by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

• Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 236 p
• Disciplina: 820.9/004
• Soggetto topico: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism; Literature and history - Great Britain - History - 17th century; Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 17th century
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Civilization 17th century; Great Britain Intellectual life 17th century
• Altri autori: PebworthTed-Larry SummersClaude J
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What Is Truth?" Defining and Defending Theoretical Pluralism -- The Ahistoricism of the New Historicism Knowledge as Power versus Power as Knowledge in Bacon's New Atlantis -- Conjecture in the Writing of Donne's Biography, with a Modest Proposal -- Marvell's "Mower against Gardens" Reconsidering Bakhtinian Dialogism -- In Defense of Empson A Reassessment of Milton's God -- Milton and Dryden on the Restoration Stage -- Profession or Performance? Religion in Early Modern Literary Study -- John Donne and the Socinian Heresy -- Critical Directions in the Study of Early Modern Sermons -- The Poets of the Renaissance or, The Illusions of My Youth -- Donne on Love Sometimes the End Just Doesn't Justify the Means -- The Explication of Whiteness and Blackness -- Milton's Lady and Lady Milton Chastity, Prophecy, and Gender in A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fault lines and controversies in the study of seventeenth-century English literature
• ISBN: 0-8262-6408-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971623403321
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