Handbook of English Renaissance Literature

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Handbook of English Renaissance Literature

Edited by: Ingo Berensmeyer

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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This handbook of English Renaissance literature serves as a reference for both students and scholars, introducing recent debates and developments in early modern studies. Using new theoretical perspectives and methodological tools, the volume offers exemplary close readings of canonical and less well-known texts from all significant genres between c. 1480 and 1660. Its systematic chapters address questions about editing Renaissance texts, the role of translation, theatre and drama, life-writing, science, travel and migration, and women as writers, readers and patrons. The book will be of particular interest to those wishing to expand their knowledge of the early modern period beyond Shakespeare.

New insights on English Renaissance literature
Combines systematic questions and close readings
Contributions by acclaimed experts in the field

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Ingo Berensmeyer, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.

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Editors’ Preface
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Introduction
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Ingo Berensmeyer
Part I: Systematic Questions
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1. Editing English Renaissance Texts
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Sarah Neville
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2. Forms of Translation
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Joshua Reid
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3. New Ways of Worldmaking: English Renaissance Literature as ‘Early Modern’
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Andreas Mahler
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4. Theatre and Drama
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Douglas Bruster
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5. Life-Writing: Encountering Selves
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Suzanne Trill
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6. England and its Others
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Ralf Hertel
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7. Literature and Religion in Early Modern England
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Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen
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8. Renaissance Englishwomen as Writers, Readers, and Patrons
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Margaret J. M. Ezell
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9. Rhetoric and Literary Theory
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Gero Guttzeit
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10. John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte (1499?)
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Dan Breen
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11. Thomas More, Utopia (1516/1551)
244
Gabriela Schmidt
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12. William Baldwin, Beware the Cat (1553/1570)
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Christina Wald
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13. Richard Tottel, Songes and Sonettes (1557)
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Susanne Bayerlipp
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14. John Lyly, Euphues (1578/1580)
295
Jürgen Meyer
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15. Philip Sidney, The Two Arcadias (1577–1584)
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Joachim Frenk
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16. Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1587)
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17. Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene (1590/1596)
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18. Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (c. 1588–1592)
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Tobias Döring
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19. Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller (1594)
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Andrew Hadfield
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20. William Shakespeare, Richard II (1595)
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Felix Sprang
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21. Francis Bacon, Essays (1597–1625)
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22. Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1609)
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Nicola Glaubitz
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23. Ben Jonson, The Alchemist (1610)
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24. Aemilia Lanyer, “The Description of Cooke-ham” (1611)
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Angelika Zirker
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25. Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621–1651)
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Angus Gowland
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26. John Ford, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore (c. 1632)
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Christoph Ehland
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27. John Donne, Songs and Sonnets (1633)
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Matthias Bauer
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28. Thomas Carew and Inigo Jones, Coelum Britannicum (1634)
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Emanuel Stelzer
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29. Andrew Marvell, Upon Appleton House (1651)
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30. Margaret Cavendish, Poems, and Fancies (1653)
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31. William Davenant, The Siege of Rhodes (1656)
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32. John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667/1674)
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Index of Names
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Index of Subjects
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List of Contributors
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110444889

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Keywords for this book

English Renaissance; Early Modern Literature and Culture; Literary History; English and American Studies

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Academics (Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies), Students (BA, MA and PhD level), Libraries, Institutes

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Handbook of English Renaissance Literature

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Editors’ Preface

Contents

Introduction

1. Editing English Renaissance Texts

2. Forms of Translation

3. New Ways of Worldmaking: English Renaissance Literature as ‘Early Modern’

4. Theatre and Drama

5. Life-Writing: Encountering Selves

6. England and its Others

7. Literature and Religion in Early Modern England

8. Renaissance Englishwomen as Writers, Readers, and Patrons

9. Rhetoric and Literary Theory

10. John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte (1499?)

11. Thomas More, Utopia (1516/1551)

12. William Baldwin, Beware the Cat (1553/1570)

13. Richard Tottel, Songes and Sonettes (1557)

14. John Lyly, Euphues (1578/1580)

15. Philip Sidney, The Two Arcadias (1577–1584)

16. Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1587)

17. Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene (1590/1596)

18. Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (c. 1588–1592)

19. Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller (1594)

20. William Shakespeare, Richard II (1595)

21. Francis Bacon, Essays (1597–1625)

22. Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1609)

23. Ben Jonson, The Alchemist (1610)

24. Aemilia Lanyer, “The Description of Cooke-ham” (1611)

25. Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621–1651)

26. John Ford, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore (c. 1632)

27. John Donne, Songs and Sonnets (1633)

28. Thomas Carew and Inigo Jones, Coelum Britannicum (1634)

29. Andrew Marvell, Upon Appleton House (1651)

30. Margaret Cavendish, Poems, and Fancies (1653)

31. William Davenant, The Siege of Rhodes (1656)

32. John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667/1674)

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

List of Contributors

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