The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature (The New Cambridge History of English Literature)

Cambridge University Press, 6/1/2006
EAN 9780521684996, ISBN10: 0521684994

Paperback, 1052 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 5.2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

This 2003 book is a full-scale history of early modern English literature, offering perspectives on English literature produced in Britain between the Reformation and the Restoration. While providing the general coverage and specific information expected of a major history, its twenty-six chapters address recent methodological and interpretive developments in English literary studies. The book has five sections: 'Modes and Means of Literary Production, Circulation, and Reception', 'The Tudor Era from the Reformation to Elizabeth I', 'The Era of Elizabeth and James VI', 'The Earlier Stuart Era', and 'The Civil War and Commonwealth Era'. While England is the principal focus, literary production in Scotland, Ireland and Wales is treated, as are other subjects less frequently examined in previous histories, including women's writings and the literature of the English Reformation and Revolution. This history is an essential resource for specialists and students.

Introduction David Loewenstein and Janel Mueller
Part I. Modes and Means of Literary Production, Circulation, and Reception
1. Literacy, society, and education Kenneth Charlton and Margaret Spufford
2. Manuscript transmission and circulation Harold Love and Arthur F. Marotti
3. Print, literary culture, and the book trade David Scott Kastan
4. Literary patronage Graham Parry
5. Languages of early modern literature in Britain Paula Blank
6. Habits of reading and the creation of early modern literary culture Steven N. Zwicker
Part II. The Tudor Era from the Reformation to Elizabeth I
7. Literature and national identity David Loades
8. Literature and the court William A. Sessions
9. Literature and the church Janel Mueller
Part III. The Era of Elizabeth and James VI
10. Eliza's England, whose Scotland, whose Ireland? Claire McEachern
11. Literature and the court Catherine Bates
12. Indoctrination, edification, and polemic
literature and the church Patrick Collinson
13. Literature and the metropolis Lawrence Manley
14. Literature and the theater David Bevington
Part IV. The Earlier Stuart Era
15. An emergent Britain?
literature and national identity Johann P. Sommerville
16. Literature and the court Leah S. Marcus
17. Literature and the church Debora Shuger
18. Civic continuities and revolutionary beginnings
literature and London Thomas N. Corns
19. The emergence of a metropolitan drama
literature and the theater to 1660 Martin Butler
20. Literature and the household Barbara K. Lewalski
Part V. The Civil War and Commonwealth Era
21. Literature and national identity in England Derek Hirst
22. Literature and religion David Loewenstein and John Morrill
23. Civil war and the new literary scene
literature and London Nigel Smith
24. Literature and the household Helen Wilcox
25. Alternative sites for literature
rural, convivial, and intellectual domains Joshua Scodel
26. From revolution to restoration in English literary culture James Grantham Turner
Chronological outline of historical events and texts in Britain, 1528–1674, with list of selected manuscripts
Select bibliography (primary and secondary sources)
Index.