1611 : Authority, Gender and the Word in Early Modern England.

"1611: Authority, Gender, and the Word in Early Modern England explores issues of authority, gender, and language within and across the variety of literary works produced in one of most landmark years in literary and cultural history. Represents an exploration of a year in the textual life of e...

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Main Author: Wilcox, Helen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1306156424
9781306156424
1405193913
9781405193917
1118327640
9781118327647
9781118327456
1118327454
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Jonson's Oberon and friends: masque and music in 1611
  • Aemilia Lanyer and the "first fruits" of women's wit
  • Coryats Crudities and the "travelling Wonder" of our age
  • Time, tyrants and the question of authority: The Winter's Tale and related drama
  • "Expresse words": Lancelot Andrewes and the sermons and devotions of 1611
  • The Roaring Girl on and off stage
  • "The New World of Words": authorising translation in 1611
  • Donne's "Anatomy" and the commemoration of women: "Her death hath taught us dearely"
  • Vengeance and virtue: The Tempest and the triumph of tragicomedy
  • Conclusion: "This scribling age."