1611

Authority, Gender and the Word in Early Modern England

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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1611: Authority, Gender, and the Word in Early Modern England explores issues of authority, gender, and language within and across the variety of literary works produced in one of most landmark years in literary and cultural history. Represents an exploration of a year in the textual life of early modern EnglandJuxtaposes the variety and range of texts that were published, performed, read, or heard in the same year, 1611Offers an account of the textual culture of the year 1611, the environment of language, and the ideas from which the Authorised Version of the English Bible emerged

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Utgivningsdatum2014-01-31
Mått163 x 239 x 20 mm
Vikt508 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781405193917

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Preface ixAcknowledgements xList of Illustrations Chronology of Selected Historical, Cultural and Textual Events in 1611Introduction: ‘The omnipotency of the word’ 11 Jonson’s Oberon and friends: masque and music in 1611 242 Aemilia Lanyer and the ‘first fruits’ of women’s wit 443 Coryats Crudities and the ‘travelling Wonder’ of the age 684 Time, tyrants and the question of authority: The Winter’s Tale and related drama 915 ‘Expresse words’: Lancelot Andrewes and the sermons and devotions of 1611 1126 The Roaring Girl on and off stage 1327 ‘The new world of words’: authorising translation in 1611 1518 Donne’s ‘Anatomy’ and the commemoration of women: ‘her death hath taught us dearly’ 1749 Vengeance and virtue: The Tempest and the triumph of tragicomedy 192Conclusion: ‘This scribling age’ 211Appendix: A List of Printed Texts Published in 1611 219Bibliography 225Index 244