<I>Poly-Olbion</I>: New Perspectives

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Poly-Olbion: New Perspectives

Edited by: Andrew McRae and Philip Schwyzer
With contributions by: Andrew McRae , Philip Schwyzer , Angus Vine , Sjoerd Levelt , Todd Andrew Borlik , Andrew Hadfield , Shannon Garner-Balandrin , Bernhard Klein , Daniel Cattell and Sara Trevisan

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2020

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Volume 38 | Studies in Renaissance Literature

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First collection devoted to the Poly-Olbion, bringing out in particular its concerns with nature and the environment.

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McRae Andrew :

ANDREW MCRAE is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Exeter.Schwyzer Philip :

PHILIP SCHWYZER is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Exeter.McRae Andrew :

ANDREW MCRAE is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Exeter.Schwyzer Philip :

PHILIP SCHWYZER is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Exeter.Hadfield Andrew :

ANDREW HADFIELD is Professor of English at the University of SussexTrevisan Sara :

SARA TREVISAN studied at the University of Padua. After working as a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher in Renaissance Studies in Britain and the US, she is now a full-time rare books andmanuscripts specialist in the antiquarian book trade and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Warwick.

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Literary Studies Anglo-American Literature Anglo-American Literature, general

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Prefatory Note Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Introduction Philip Schwyzer and Andrew McRae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
PART I: THE PROJECT OF POLY-OLBION
1 Drayton’s Copious Chorography Angus Vine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
2 ‘If the Page satisfie not, inquire in the Margine’: The Ordinatio and Mise-en-Page of Poly-Olbion Sjoerd Levelt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
PART II: ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
3 Of Albion’s ‘sundry varying soyles’: The Land and its Human Occupants in Poly-Olbion Andrew McRae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
4 Bioregional Visions in Poly-Olbion Todd Andrew Borlik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
5 Drayton’s Fish Andrew Hadfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	112
6 Curls to Curled Waves: Romance and Ecomaterial Assemblages in Michael Drayton’s Poly-Olbion Shannon Garner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	132
7 Maritime Olbion; or, ‘th’Oceans Island’ Bernhard Klein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
PART III: THE BRITISH PAST IN DRAYTON’S SONGS AND SELDEN’S ILLUSTRATIONS
8 Locating Continuity: The Early Religion of Albion in Michael Drayton’s Poly-Olbion Daniel Cattell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
9 Michael Drayton: National Bard and Genealogist Sara Trevisan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	188
10 ‘The Wonders of the Deep’: Drayton, Selden, and Deep Time Philip Schwyzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	246

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February 21, 2020

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9781787448919

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D.S.Brewer

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267

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20 b/w illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787448919

eBook ISBN: 9781787448919

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Poly-Olbion; New Perspectives; Michael Drayton; John Selden; William Hole; early modern England; history; topography; ecology; supernatural conception; Merlin; woodlands; national history; natural history; British literature; British culture; ecological sustainability; environmental degradation; British landscapes

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