Elizabethan and Jacobean England

Sources and Documents of the English Renaissance
Herausgeber: Kinney, Arthur F

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Produktbeschreibung

Elizabethan and Jacobean England: Sources and Documents of the English Renaissance records the transformative changes that defined the lives and thoughts of English society from the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558 to the end of the reign of James I in 1625. The volume is accessibly structured into sections covering government, society, economics, literary arts, religion, and learning; with contextual introductions included at the start of each. Extracts from primary sources provide a vivid portrait of life in late Tudor and early Stuart England, while newly commissioned essays by leading scholars offer insights into how to interpret the contextual material and inspire further research. By combining original source materials with critical essays, readers are challenged to confront problems of evidence and interpretation, new theories and methodologies, and contemporary assumptions about Renaissance literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 756
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 180mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1456g
• ISBN-13: 9781405149679
• ISBN-10: 1405149671
• Artikelnr.: 30931756

Autorenporträt

Arthur F. Kinney is Thomas W. Copeland Professor of Literary History at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and Director of the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies. He is editor of the journal English Literary Renaissance, the author of Shakespeare by Stages (2003), and the editor of A Companion to Renaissance Drama (2002), and Renaissance Drama: An Anthology, 2e (2004), all published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Inhaltsangabe

Government (Paul Hammer and R. Malcom Smuts).

Religion (Patrick Collinson and Donna Hamilton).

Society (Cathy Shrank and Catherine Richardson).

Economy (Joan Thirsk and Bradley D. Ryner).

Learning (Colin Burrow and Rebecca Bushnell).

Art (Gavin Alexander and Helen Wilcox).

Rezensionen

"A collection of remarkable depth and breadth, Elizabethan andJacobean England opens a revealing window onto subjects rangingfrom government, religion, and the literary arts to more unusualtopics such as commercial culture, educational formation, and theemergence of individual subjectivity. Taken together theintroductory essays and documentary materials create a fascinatingnew narrative for readers interested in scrutinizing, revisiting,or just plain sampling a rich gathering of primary sources from theearly modern period. This is as erudite and beautifully edited agathering as can be imagined."
--S. P. Cerasano, Colgate University

"An essential, generous collection of primary Elizabethan andJacobean texts, extremely well chosen. The documents included heredisplay a remarkable range of perspectives and kinds, illustratingthe period's contested, complex discourses and illuminating themost important, enduring issues in literary and cultural studies. Atremendous resource: no scholar of the early modern period shouldbe without it."
--A. E. B. Coldiron, Florida State University