Wilcox 1611

Authority, Gender and the Word in Early Modern England
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-32745-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

1611: Authority, Gender, and the Word in Early ModernEngland explores issues of authority, gender, and languagewithin and across the variety of literary works produced in one ofmost landmark years in literary and cultural history.
* Represents an exploration of a year in the textual life ofearly modern England
* Juxtaposes the variety and range of texts that were published,performed, read, or heard in the same year, 1611
* Offers an account of the textual culture of the year 1611, theenvironment of language, and the ideas from which the AuthorisedVersion of the English Bible emerged

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilcox, Helen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
Acknowledgements x
List of Illustrations xii
Chronology of Selected Historical, Cultural and Textual Events in 1611 xiii
Introduction: 'The omnipotency of the word' 1
1 Jonson's Oberon and friends: masque and music in 1611 24
2 Aemilia Lanyer and the 'fi rst fruits' of women's wit 44
3 Coryats Crudities and the 'travelling Wonder' of the age 68
4 Time, tyrants and the question of authority: The Winter's Tale and related drama 91
5 'Expresse words': Lancelot Andrewes and the sermons and devotions of 1611 112
6 The Roaring Girl on and off stage 132
7 'The new world of words': authorising translation in 1611 151
8 Donne's 'Anatomy' and the commemoration of women: 'her death hath taught us dearly' 174
9 Vengeance and virtue: The Tempest and the triumph of tragicomedy 192
Conclusion: 'This scribling age' 211
Appendix: A List of Printed Texts Published in 1611 219
Bibliography 225
Index 244

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Wilcox is Professor of English at Bangor University, Wales, and Director of the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the Universities of Aberystwyth and Bangor. Her most recent major publication was the highly-acclaimed annotated edition of The English Poems of George Herbert (2007).