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English Renaissance Prose History, Language, and Politics English Renaissance Prose History, Language, and Politics cneOiev^L & ReKiAissAKice xexTS & sxaOies J Volume 164 English Renaissance Prose History, Language, and Politics edited by Neil Rhodes cneOievAL & RewAissAMce re^Ts & sruDies Tempe, Arizona 1997 ©Copyright 1997 Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University Library of Congress Cataioging-in-Publication Data English Renaissance prose : history, language, and politics / edited by Neil Rhodes. — p. cm. (Medieval &. Renaissance texts &. studies ; v. 164) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-86698-205-1 (alk. paper) — — 1. English prose literature —Early modern, 1—500-1700— History and criticism. 2. Politics and literature Great Britain History 16th century. — — — 3. Politics—and literature Great Britain— History 17th century. 4. Engli—sh language Early modern, 1500-1700 Style. 5. Literature and history — — — Great Britain Hi—story. 6. Great Brita—in Intellectual life 16th centur—y. 7. Great Britain Intellectual life 17th century. 8. Renaissance England. 1. Rhodes, Neil. II. Series. PR769.E53 1997 828'.30809—dc21 97-15525 GIF @ This book is made to last. It is set in Goudy, smyth'sewn, and printed on acid-free paper to library specifications. Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Introduction: History, Language, and the Politics ofEnglish Renaissance Prose Neil Rhodes 1 The Sore and Strong Prose ofthe English Bible Gerald Hammond 19 The Tyrant Being Slain: Afterlives of More's History ofKing Richard III Daniel Kinney 35 "Take away preaching, and take away salvation": Hugh Latimer, Protestantism, and Prose Style N. H. Keeble 57 Richard Hooker's Discourse and the Deception ofPosterity P. G. Stanwood 75 A Sidney's Arcadian Poetics: Medicine ofCherries and the Philosophy ofCavaliers Claire Preston 91 The Strangle] Constructions ofMary Wroth's Urania: Arcadian Romance and the Public Realm Paul Salzman 109 Virgins ofthe World and Feasts of the Family: Sex and the Social Order in Two Renaissance Utopias Susan Bruce 125 "A Knowledge Broken": Francis Bacon's Aphoristic Style and the Crisis ofScholastic and Humanist Knowledge-Systems Stephen Clucas 147 1 vi Contents Shapeless Elegance: Robert Burton's Anatomy ofKnowledge Jonathan Sauiday 173 Milton and the Limits ofCiceronian Rhetoric Martin Dzelzainis 203 The Powers ofthe Beast: Gerrard Winstanley and Visionary Prose ofthe English Revolution David Loewenstein 227 In the Land ofMoles and Pismires: Thomas Browne's Antiquarian Writings ) Graham Parry ' - 247 Bunyan's Grace Abounding and the Dynamics ofRestoration Nonconformity Thomas N. Corns 259 Bibliography ofWorks Cited 27 Index 298 Notes on Contributors 301

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