Deixis in the Early Modern English Lyric: Unsettling Spatial Anchors Like "Here," "This," "Come" Unsettling Spatial Anchors Like "Here," "This," "Come"

This study focuses on spatial deixis in early modern English lyric; the reasons for those delimitations are explained, but the implications for other types of deixis, other eras, and other genres are also emphasized. The chapter explores methodological problems, notably the challenges of defining lyric, and evaluates related developments in linguistics. This Book Engages With Deictics ('pointing' Words Like Here/there, This/that) Of Space. It Focuses On Texts By Donne, Shakespeare, Spenser, And Wroth In Particular, Relating Their Forms Of Deixis To Cultural And Generic Developments. But It Also Briefly Suggests Parallels With Both Iconic And Neglected Texts From A Range Of Later Historical Periods And Raises Broader Issues Currently Of Interest To Critics Specializing In Those Periods, Such As The Workings Of Spatiality And Of The Material Text. Its Own Methods Include Cultural Critique, Genre Study, Interdisciplinarity, And Close Reading. The Book Reconsiders Questions Central To Lyric Theory, Challenging, For Example, Assumptions About Its Immediacy And Length. In So Doing, The Volume Both Participates In And Evaluates Contemporary Developments In The Discipline, Especially Of The New Formalism (or More Accurately Formalisms) And Of Space/place Studies, As Well As The Potentialities And Risks Of Interdisciplinarity-- Machine Generated Contents Note: -- Acknowledgmentsabbreviationsintroduction: Delimitations, Definitions, Disciplines1. Test-driving Deixis: Formulating Issues, Coining Concepts2. Edmund Spenser's 'epithalamion' And Strategic Spatiality3. William Shakespeare's Sonnets And Deictic Textuality4. Lady Mary Wroth's Song I And Some Versions Of Pastoral Deixis5. John Donne's 'hymne To God My God, In My Sicknesse' And Prevenient Proximity6. Here Today And Gone Tomorrow? Conclusions And Invitationsnotesindex. Heather Dubrow. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "This book engages with deictics ('pointing' words like here/there, this/that) of space. It focuses on texts by Donne, Shakespeare, Spenser, and Wroth in particular, relating their forms of deixis to cultural and generic developments. But it also briefly suggests parallels with both iconic and neglected texts from a range of later historical periods and raises broader issues currently of interest to critics specializing in those periods, such as the workings of spatiality and of the material text. Its own methods include cultural critique, genre study, interdisciplinarity, and close reading. The book reconsiders questions central to lyric theory, challenging, for example, assumptions about its immediacy and length. In so doing, the volume both participates in and evaluates contemporary developments in the discipline, especially of the new formalism (or more accurately formalisms) and of space/place studies, as well as the potentialities and risks of interdisciplinarity"-- Provided by publisher "Cover "--"Half-Title " -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "List of Abbreviations" -- "Introduction: Delimitations, Definitions, Disciplines" -- "1 Test-Driving Deixis:Formulating Issues, Coining Concepts" -- "2 Edmund Spenserâ#x80;#x99;sâ#x80;#x9C;Epithalamionâ#x80;#x9D; and Strategic Spatiality" -- "3 William Shakespeareâ#x80;#x99;s Sonnets and Deictic Textuality" -- "4 Lady Mary Wrothâ#x80;#x99;s Song 1and Some Versions of Pastoral Deixis" -- "5 John Donneâ#x80;#x99;s â#x80;#x9C;Hymne to Godmy God, in my Sicknesseâ#x80;#x9D;and Prevenient Proximity" -- "6 Here Today and GoneTomorrow? Conclusions and Invitations." Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: Delimitations, Definitions, Disciplines....Pages 1-21 Test-Driving Deixis: Formulating Issues, Coining Concepts....Pages 22-41 Edmund Spenser’s “Epithalamion” and Strategic Spatiality....Pages 42-59 William Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Deictic Textuality....Pages 60-77 Lady Mary Wroth’s Song 1 and Some Versions of Pastoral Deixis....Pages 78-92 John Donne’s “Hymne to God my God, in my Sicknesse” and Prevenient Proximity....Pages 93-110 Here Today and Gone Tomorrow? Conclusions and Invitations....Pages 111-125 Back Matter....Pages 126-135