Early Modern English Literature

977 Pages·2006·14.856 MB·English

by  David Loewenstein, Janel Mueller (eds.)

the cambridge history of
EARLY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Thisisthefirstfull-scalehistoryofearlymodernEnglishliteratureinnearlya
century.ItoffersnewperspectivesonEnglishliteratureproducedinBritain
betweentheReformationandtheRestoration.Whileprovidingthegeneral
coverageandspecificinformationexpectedofamajorhistory,itstwenty-
sixchaptersaddressrecentmethodologicalandinterpretivedevelopments
inEnglishliterarystudies.Thebookhasfivesections:‘ModesandMeansof
LiteraryProduction,CirculationandReception’,‘TheTudorErafromthe
ReformationtoElizabethI’,‘TheEraofElizabethandJamesVI’,‘TheEarlier
StuartEra’and‘TheCivilWarandCommonwealthEra’.WhileEngland
istheprincipalfocus,literaryproductioninScotland,IrelandandWalesis
treated,asareothersubjectslessfrequentlyexaminedinprevioushistories,
includingwomen’swritingsandtheliteratureoftheEnglishReformation
andRevolution.Thisinnovativelydesignedhistoryisanessentialresource
forspecialistsandstudents.
david loewenstein is Marjorie and Lorin Tiefenthaler Professor of
EnglishattheUniversityofWisconsin,Madison.Heistheauthorof Repre-
sentingRevolutioninMiltonandhisContemporaries:Religion,Politics,andPolemics
inRadicalPuritanism(Cambridge,2001),Milton:ParadiseLost(Cambridge,
1993)andMiltonandtheDramaofHistory:HistoricalVision,Iconoclasm,andthe
LiteraryImagination(Cambridge,1990).Hehasalsoco-editedPolitics,Poetics,
andHermeneuticsinMilton’sProse(Cambridge,1990).
janel mueller is William Rainey Harper Professor, Department of
EnglishandtheCollege,attheUniversityofChicago,wheresheiscurrently
DeanoftheDivisionoftheHumanities.SheistheauthorofDonne’sPrebend
Sermons(1971)andTheNativeTongueandtheWord:DevelopmentsinEnglish
ProseStyle,1380–1580(1984).Morerecentlyshehaspublishedontopicsin
religionandliteratureandonearlierEnglishwomenauthors.

the new cambridge history of
ENGLISHLITERATURE
TheNewCambridgeHistoryofEnglishLiteratureisaprogrammeofrefer-
enceworksdesignedtoofferabroadsynthesisandcontextualsurveyofthe
historyofEnglishliteraturethroughthemajorperiodsofitsdevelopment.
Theorganisationofeachvolumereflectstheparticularcharacteristicsofthe
periodcovered,withinageneralcommitmenttoprovidinganaccessiblenar-
rativehistorythroughalinkedsequenceofessaysbyinternationallyrenowned
scholars.TheHistoryisdesignedtoaccommodatetherangeofinsightsand
freshperspectivesbroughtbynewapproachestothesubject,withoutlosing
sight of the need for essential exposition and information. The volumes
includevaluablereferencefeatures,intheformofachronologyofliterary
and politicalevents, extensive primaryand secondarybibliographiesand
afullindex.
TheCambridgeHistoryofMedievalEnglishLiterature
edited by david wallace
TheCambridgeHistoryofEarlyModernEnglishLiterature
edited by david loewenstein
and janel mueller
TheCambridgeHistoryofEnglishLiterature1660–1780
edited by john richetti
TheCambridgeHistoryofTwentieth-CenturyEnglishLiterature
edited by laura marcus and peter nicholls
inpreparation
TheCambridgeHistoryofEnglishRomanticLiterature
edited by james chandler
TheCambridgeHistoryofVictorianLiterature
edited by kate flint

THE CAMBRIDGE
HISTORY OF
EARLY MODERN
ENGLISH LITERATURE
edited by
DAVID LOEWENSTEIN AND
JANEL MUELLER
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Contents
Listofcontributors x
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
david loewenstein janel mueller
and
1
MODES AND MEANS OF LITERARY
PRODUCTION, CIRCULATION AND
RECEPTION
1 (cid:2)Literacy,societyandeducation 15
kenneth charlton margaret spufford
and
2 (cid:2)Manuscripttransmissionandcirculation 55
harold love arthur f. marotti
and
3 (cid:2)Print,literarycultureandthebooktrade 81
david scott kastan
4 (cid:2)Literarypatronage 117
graham parry
5 (cid:2)Languagesofearlymodernliterature
inBritain 141
paula blank
6 (cid:2)Habitsofreadingandearlymodern
literaryculture 170
steven n. zwicker
[vii]
viii Contents
2
THE TUDOR ERA FROM THE
REFORMATION TO ELIZABETH I
7 (cid:2)Literatureandnationalidentity 201
david loades
8 (cid:2)Literatureandthecourt 229
william a. sessions
9 (cid:2)Literatureandthechurch 257
janel mueller
3
THE ERA OF ELIZABETH AND JAMES VI
10 (cid:2)Literatureandnationalidentity 313
claire mceachern
11 (cid:2)Literatureandthecourt 343
catherine bates
12 (cid:2)Literatureandthechurch 374
patrick collinson
13 (cid:2)LiteratureandLondon 399
lawrence manley
14 (cid:2)Literatureandthetheatre 428
david bevington
4
THE EARLIER STUART ERA
15 (cid:2)Literatureandnationalidentity 459
johann p. sommerville
16 (cid:2)Literatureandthecourt 487
leah s. marcus
17 (cid:2)Literatureandthechurch 512
debora shuger
Contents ix
18 (cid:2)LiteratureandLondon 544
thomas n. corns
19 (cid:2)Literatureandthetheatreto1660 565
martin butler
20 (cid:2)Literatureandthehousehold 603
barbara k. lewalski
5
THE CIVIL WAR AND
COMMONWEALTH ERA
21 (cid:2)Literatureandnationalidentity 633
derek hirst
22 (cid:2)Literatureandreligion 664
david loewenstein john morrill
and
23 (cid:2)LiteratureandLondon 714
nigel smith
24 (cid:2)Literatureandthehousehold 737
helen wilcox
25 (cid:2)Alternativesitesforliterature 763
joshua scodel
26 (cid:2)FromRevolutiontoRestorationinEnglish
literaryculture 790
james grantham turner
ChronologicaloutlineofhistoricaleventsandtextsinBritain,
1528–1674,withlistofselectedmanuscripts 834
rebecca lemon
Selectbibliography(primaryandsecondarysources) 879
Index 965