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0105 RMDR 0-00-000877 0000021936067 price FOUR GLANCES AT ENGLISH LITERATURE IN A WORLD PERSPECTIVE In No Island Is an Island, an internationally renowned historian approaches four works of English literature from unexpected angles. Following in the footsteps of a six¬ teenth-century Spanish bishop we gain a fresh view of Thomas More’s Utopia. Comparing Bayle’s Dictionary with Tristram Shandy we suddenly enter into Laurence Sterne’s mind. A seemingly narrow dispute among Elizabethan critics for and against rhyme turns into an early debate on English national identity. Robert Louis Stevenson’s story “The Bottle Imp” throws a new light on Bronislaw Malinowsky’s attempts to dis¬ cover meaning in the “kula” trading system among the Trobriand Islanders. Through¬ out, Ginzburg’s inquiry is informed by his unique microhistorical sensibility, his atten¬ tion to minute detail, and his extraordinary synthesizing imagination. No Island Is an Island ITALIAN ACADEMY LECTURE SERIES The Italian Academy ITALIAN ACADEMY LECTURES Umberto Eco, Smndxpiti.es: Language and Lunacy No Island Is an Island FOUR GLANCES AT ENGLISH LITERATURE IN A WORLD PERSPECTIVE Carlo Ginzburg Introduction translated by John Tedeschi Columbia University Press New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © 2000 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ginzburg, Carlo. No island is an island : four glances at English literature in a world perspective / Carlo Ginzburg ; introduction translated by John Tedeschi p. cm. — (Italian academy lectures) Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The old world and the new seen from nowhere — Selfhood as otherness : constructing English identity in the Elizabethan age — A search for origins : rereading Tristram Shandy — Tusitala and his Polish reader. ISBN 0-231-11628-4 (alk. paper) 1. English literature —History and criticism. 2. English literature—Early modern, 1500-1700—History and criticism. 3. Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy gentleman. 4. More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia. 5. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894—Influence. 6. Difference (Psychology) in literature. 7. Identity (Psychology) in literature. 8. Malinowski, Bronislaw 1884-1942. 9. Literature and anthropology 10. Utopias. I. Title. II. Series. PR99.G516 2000 820.9’353—dc2i 00-035844 © Casebound editions of Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America Designed by Linda Secondari c 10 987654321 Contents LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VII ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX INTRODUCTION XI chapter one The Old World and the New Seen from Nowhere 1 chapter two Selfhood as Otherness: Constructing English Identity in the Elizabethan Age 25 chapter three A Search for Origins: Rereading Tristram Shandy 43 chapter four Tusitala and His Polish Reader 69 notes 89 INDEX 113 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/noislandisislandOOOOginz
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