Texts And Cultural Change In Early Modern England (early Modern Literature In History)

This is a wide-ranging, closely-researched collection, written by scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, on the cultural placement and transmission of texts between 1520 and 1750. Material and historical conditions of texts are analysed, and the range of works is wide, including plays and the Lucrece of Shakespeare (with adaptations, and a discussion of 'reading' playtexts), Sidney's Arcadia, Greene's popular Pandosto (both discussed in the contexts of changing readerships and forms of fiction), Hakluyt's travel books, funerary verse, and the writings of Katherine Parr and Elizabethan Catholic martyrs. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-14 Complications of Intertextuality: John Fisher, Katherine Parr and ‘The Book of the Crucifix’....Pages 15-36 Southwell’s Remains: Catholicism and Anti-Catholicism in Early Modern England....Pages 37-65 ‘A very good trumpet’: Richard Hakluyt and the Politics of Overseas Expansion....Pages 66-79 Sidney’s Arcadia as Cultural Monument and Proto-Novel....Pages 80-94 The Triumph of Time: The Fortunate Readers of Robert Greene’s Pandosto....Pages 95-123 Editing Sexuality, Narrative and Authorship: The Altered Texts of Shakespeare’s Lucrece....Pages 124-152 The Birth of the Author....Pages 153-178 Mending and Bending the Occasional Text: Collegiate Elegies and the Case of ‘Lycidas’....Pages 179-199 Between the ‘Triumvirate of wit’ and the Bard: The English Dramatic Canon, 1660–1720....Pages 200-224 Friends or Lovers? Sensitivity to Homosexual Implications in Adaptations of Shakespeare, 1640–1701....Pages 225-247 Back Matter....Pages 248-254 This Is A Wide-ranging, Closely-researched Collection, Written By Scholars From Both Sides Of The Atlantic, On The Cultural Placement And Transmission Of Text Between 1520 And 1750. Materia And Historical Conditions Of Texts Are Analyzed, And The Range Of Works Is Wide, Including Plays And The Lucrece Of Shakespeare, Sidney's Arcadia, Greene's Popular Pandosto (both Discussed In The Context Of Changing Readerships And Forms Of Fiction), Hakluyt's Travel Books, Funerary Verse, And The Writings O Katherine Parr And Elizabethan Catholic Martyrs.