Hakutulokset: modern history
Etsimme kuitenkin kirjoja hakusanalla modern history , mikä antoiyhteensä 96 hakutulosta
Early Modern Drama and the Bible
Early modern drama is steeped in biblical language, imagery and stories. This collection examines the pervasive presence of scripture on the early modern stage. Exploring plays by …
Re-Presenting Ben Jonson
Work on Ben Jonson has long been dominated by the 11-volume Oxford text of his Works , edited by C.H. Herford, Percy Simpson and Evelyn Simpson (1925-52). In this monumental …
Women, Food Exchange, and Governance in Early Modern England
This book is about the relationship of food and food practices to discourses and depictions of domestic and political governance in early modern women’s writing. It examines the …
Edmund Spenser's War on Lord Burghley
Edmund Spenser's censored attacks on Lord Burghley (Elizabeth I's powerful first minister) serve as the basis for a reassessment of the poet's mid-career, challenging the dates of …
Early Modern Women in Conversation
In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in …
Writing Early Modern London
Writing Early Modern London explores how urban community in London was experienced, imagined and translated into textual form. Ranging from previously unstudied manuscripts to …
The Law in Shakespeare
Leading scholars in the field analyze Shakespeare's plays to show how their dramatic content shapes issues debated in conflicts arising from the creation and application of law. …
Early Modern Women's Writing and the Rhetoric of Modesty
An in-depth study of early modern women's modesty rhetoric from the English Reformation to the Restoration. This book provides new readings of modesty's gendered deployment in the …
Performing Privacy and Gender in Early Modern Literature
This book argues that the early modern public/private boundary was surprisingly dynamic and flexible in early modern literature, drawing upon authors including Shakespeare, Anne …
Local Negotiations of English Nationhood, 1570-1680
Even in an age of emerging nationhood, English men and women still thought very much in terms of their parishes, towns, and counties. This book examines the vitality of early …