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Archive for February, 2010
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Leading the Gaze:From Showing to Telling in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V and Hamlet
Posted on February 28, 2010 | No CommentsLeading the Gaze: From Showing to Telling in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V and Hamlet Hatchuel, Sarah Early Modern Literary Studies 6.1/ Special Issue 5 (May, 2000) Abstract Film studies have... -
The Pitfalls of Female Leadership: The Power and Subversion of Gender Identity
Posted on February 27, 2010 | No CommentsWomen’s History Symposium 2009 lecture by Gillian Hendershot 3/25/09; Hendershot discusses the challenges faced by Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I of England in “The Pitfalls of Female Leadership:... -
Henry VIII – King of Tunes
Posted on February 27, 2010 | No CommentsKing Henry the VIII is chiefly associated with gluttony, lechery and murder. Surprisingly, it turns out he was also a deeply sensitive soul, who liked to express himself by penning... -
1688: The First Modern Revolution
Posted on February 27, 2010 | No CommentsProfessor Steven Pincus, Professor of History, teaches early modern British and European history. He is the author of “Protestantism and Patriotism: Ideologies and the Making of English Foreign Policy, 1650-1668″... -
Making Mother Matter: Repression, Revision, and the Stakes of ‘Reading Psychoanalysis Into’ Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No CommentsMaking Mother Matter: Repression, Revision, and the Stakes of ‘Reading Psychoanalysis Into’ Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet Lehmann, Courtney Early Modern Literary Studies 6.1/ Special Issue 5 (May, 2000) Abstract Hamlet’s peculiar... -
Shakespeare on Screen: Threshold Aesthetics in Oliver Parker’s Othello
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No CommentsShakespeare on Screen: Threshold Aesthetics in Oliver Parker’s Othello Dorval, Patricia Early Modern Literary Studies 6.1/ Special Issue 5 (May, 2000) Abstract This paper considers the theme of liminality and... -
The Laureate Dunces and the Death of the Panegyric
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No CommentsThe Laureate Dunces and the Death of the Panegyric Heaney, Peter F. Early Modern Literary Studies 5.1 (May, 1999) Abstract The final, 1743 version of The Dunciad, included amongst its... -
National and Colonial Education in Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No CommentsNational and Colonial Education in Shakespeare’s The Tempest Carey-Webb, Allen Early Modern Literary Studies 5.1 (May, 1999) Abstract The essay examines the role of Early Modern English pedagogical practices in... -
“[B]egot between tirewomen and tailors”: Commodified Self-Fashioning in Michaelmas Term
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No Comments“[B]egot between tirewomen and tailors”: Commodified Self-Fashioning in Michaelmas Term Martin, Matthew Early Modern Literary Studies 5.1 (May, 1999) Abstract In Michaelmas Term Middleton dramatizes the queasy lightness of being... -
Lives of Devotion: The Correspondence of Isaac Basire and Frances Corbett, 1635-1660
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No CommentsLives of Devotion: The Correspondence of Isaac Basire and Frances Corbett, 1635-1660 Stanwood, Paul G. Early Modern Literary Studies 5.1 (May, 1999) Abstract Isaac Basire (1607-76) was an English divine... -
Petruchio’s Horse: Equine and Household Mismanagement in The Taming of the Shrew
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsPetruchio’s Horse: Equine and Household Mismanagement in The Taming of the Shrew Heaney, Peter F. Early Modern Literary Studies 4.1 (May, 1998) Abstract Few of the hundreds of horses mentioned... -
Jonson’s Stoic Politics: Lipsius, the Greeks, and the “Speach According to Horace”
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsJonson’s Stoic Politics: Lipsius, the Greeks, and the “Speach According to Horace” Evans, Robert C. Early Modern Literary Studies 4.1 (May, 1998) Abstract Markings made by Ben Jonson in his... -
Ambroise Paré’s Des Monstres as a Possible Source for Caliban
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsAmbroise Paré’s Des Monstres as a Possible Source for Caliban Kahan, Jeffrey Early Modern Literary Studies 3.1 (May 1997) Abstract According to Vaughan and Vaughan, it has long been thought... -
Colon and Semicolon in Donne’s Prose Letters: Practice and Principle
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsColon and Semicolon in Donne’s Prose Letters: Practice and Principle Roth-Schwartz, Emma Early Modern Literary Studies 3.1 (May 1997) Abstract Empirical study of John Donne’s colon and semicolon usage reveals... -
Isabella Whitney’s “Lamentation upon the death of William Gruffith”
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsIsabella Whitney’s “Lamentation upon the death of William Gruffith” Martin, Randall Early Modern Literary Studies 3.1 (May 1997) Abstract In two notes published several years ago, R.J. Fehrenbach speculated that... -
12 June 1599: Opening Day at Shakespeare’s Globe
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No Comments12 June 1599: Opening Day at Shakespeare’s Globe Sohmer, Steve Early Modern Literary Studies 3.1 (May 1997) Abstract This essay endeavors to retrieve the identity of the opening day and... -
Certain Speculations on Hamlet, the Calendar, and Martin Luther
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsCertain Speculations on Hamlet, the Calendar, and Martin Luther Sohmer, Steve Early Modern Literary Studies 2.1 (April 1996) Abstract In Shakespeare’s England the principal calendar was the church calendar. Letters,... -
“The price of one faire word”: Negotiating Names in Coriolanus
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No Comments“The price of one faire word”: Negotiating Names in Coriolanus Lucking, David Early Modern Literary Studies 2.1 (April 1996) Abstract This essay considers some of the implications of the dense... -
The Madness of Syracusan Antipholus
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe Madness of Syracusan Antipholus O’Brien, Robert Viking Early Modern Literary Studies 2.1 (April 1996) Abstract In The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare uses the possibility that Syracusan Antipholus is genuinely... -
Personations: The Taming of the Shrew and the Limits of Theoretical Criticism
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsPersonations: The Taming of the Shrew and the Limits of Theoretical Criticism Yachnin, Paul Early Modern Literary Studies 2.1 (April 1996) Abstract This essay challenges a range of recent work... -
Milton and the Jacobean Church of England
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsMilton and the Jacobean Church of England Doerksen, Daniel W. Early Modern Literary Studies 1.1 (April 1995) Abstract If you put a straight stick into water at an angle, it... -
“This innocent worke”: Adam and Eve, John Smith, William Wood and the North American Plantations
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No Comments“This innocent worke”: Adam and Eve, John Smith, William Wood and the North American Plantations Roebuck, Graham Early Modern Literary Studies 1.1 (April 1995) Abstract This paper enters the “labyrinth”... -
King Lear in Its Own Time: The Difference that Death Makes
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsKing Lear in Its Own Time: The Difference that Death Makes Schneider, Jr., Ben Ross Early Modern Literary Studies 1.1 (April 1995) Abstract The belief that Shakespeare was a universal... -
Skelton and Barclay, Medieval and Modern
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsSkelton and Barclay, Medieval and Modern Carlson, David R. Early Modern Literary Studies 1.1 (April 1995) Abstract Early Tudor literature was done in distinct circles, the centres of which were... -
Sketches from the Life of Ragusan Merchants in London in the Time of Henry VIII
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsSketches from the Life of Ragusan Merchants in London in the Time of Henry VIII By Veselin Kostic Dubrovnik Annals, Vol. 12 (2008) Abstract: A fairly numerous colony of Ragusan... -
Untimely Mediations
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsUntimely Mediations Harris, Jonathan Gil Early Modern Culture, No. 6 (2007) Abstract Once upon a time, Time was all the rage in Shakespeare scholarship. Though Time’s longue durée lasted from... -
Other People’s History: Contemporary Islam and Figures of Early Modern European Dissent
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsOther People’s History: Contemporary Islam and Figures of Early Modern European Dissent Abbas, Sadia Early Modern Culture, No. 6 (2007) Abstract Everyone seems to think Islam needs a Reformation. The... -
Reading for the Wormholes: Micro-periods from the Future
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsReading for the Wormholes: Micro-periods from the Future Charnes, Linda Early Modern Culture, No. 6 (2007) Abstract Whatever we literary scholars call ourselves today, most of us have been trained... -
Marvell’s Now
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsMarvell’s Now Raman, Shankar Early Modern Culture, No. 6 (2007) Abstract If the subsequent line — “So restless Cromwell could not cease” — identifies the “forward youth” with the man... -
The Sonnet in Ruins: Time and the Nation in 1599
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsThe Sonnet in Ruins: Time and the Nation in 1599 Griffiths, Huw Early Modern Culture, No. 6 (2007) Abstract With this essay, I want to think about an English history... -
Women (Authors) on Top
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsWomen (Authors) on Top Crawford, Julie Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract Of the essays and books that have been particularly influential in the study of early modern women... -
A Case for Credit: Isabella Whitney’s “Wyll and Testament” and the Mock Testament Tradition
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsA Case for Credit: Isabella Whitney’s “Wyll and Testament” and the Mock Testament Tradition Ingram, Jill P. Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract The speaker in Isabella Whitney’s “Wyll... -
Conning the “Overseers”: Women’s Illicit Work in Behn’s “The Adventure of the Black Lady”
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsConning the “Overseers”: Women’s Illicit Work in Behn’s “The Adventure of the Black Lady” Ferguson, Margaret Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract Having spent some fifteen years thinking (off... -
When Women Ruled the World: The Glorious Sixteenth Century
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsWhen Women Ruled the World: The Glorious Sixteenth Century Quilligan, Marueen Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract From approximately the middle of the 16th century to close to its... -
Response to Christian Thorne’s “The Grassy-Green Sea”
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsResponse to Christian Thorne’s “The Grassy-Green Sea” Kendrick, Christopher Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract That Christian Thorne’s argument is not so easy to summarize certainly doesn’t owe to... -
The Grassy-Green Sea
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe Grassy-Green Sea Thorne, Christian Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract I would like to consider just a single question here, but it is a big one. Bigness, in... -
Comment: Historical Materialism and Early Modern Studies
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsComment: Historical Materialism and Early Modern Studies Holstun, James Early Modern Culture, No. 4 (2004) Abstract An outsider might imagine that historical materialism would play a rather large role in... -
“Majestic Unaffected Style”: Quakerism and Improvement in Paradise Regained
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments“Majestic Unaffected Style”: Quakerism and Improvement in Paradise Regained Kendrick, Christopher Early Modern Culture, No. 4 (2004) Abstract The general topic for consideration in this essay is the late Milton’s... -
Don Quijote and The Intercontinental History of the Novel
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsDon Quijote and The Intercontinental History of the Novel Cohen, Walter Early Modern Culture, No. 4 (2004) Abstract Don Quijote (1605, 1615) is often taken to be the founding moment... -
The Case of Moll Frith: Women’s Work and the “All-Male Stage”
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe Case of Moll Frith: Women’s Work and the “All-Male Stage” Korda, Natasha Early Modern Culture, No. 4 (2004) Abstract Recent scholarship on women’s involvement in theatrical production in early... -
Faust Among the Witches: Towards an Ethics of Representation
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsFaust Among the Witches: Towards an Ethics of Representation Hawkes, David Early Modern Culture, No. 4 (2004) Abstract Money rules the postmodern world, and money is an efficacious, or “performative,”... -
Domestic Shebas: A Response to Ann Rosalind Jones, “Needle, Scepter, Sovereignty”
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsDomestic Shebas: A Response to Ann Rosalind Jones, “Needle, Scepter, Sovereignty” Summit, Jennifer Early Modern Culture, No. 3 (2003) Abstract In “Needle, Scepter, Sovereignty: the Queen of Sheba in Englishwomen’s... -
Needle, Scepter, Sovereignty: The Queen of Sheba in Englishwomen’s Amateur Needlework
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsNeedle, Scepter, Sovereignty: The Queen of Sheba in Englishwomen’s Amateur Needlework Jones, Ann Rosalind Early Modern Culture, No. 3 (2003) Abstract In this essay, I want to propose a similar... -
The Postcolonial Tempest: Response to Peter Hulme’s ‘Stormy Weather’
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe Postcolonial Tempest: Response to Peter Hulme’s ‘Stormy Weather’ Loomba, Ania Early Modern Culture, No. 3 (2003) Abstract Peter Hulme’s ‘Stormy Weather’ is, as the author remarks, one of four... -
Response to Ofelia: Lawrence Nowel: Excerpta Quaedam Danica (1565)
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsResponse to Ofelia: Lawrence Nowel: Excerpta Quaedam Danica (1565) Lindley, Arthur Early Modern Culture, No. 3 (2003) Abstract In case any of you missed the clues, let’s run through them... -
Ofelia Laurence Nowel: Excerpta Quaedam Danica (1565)
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsOfelia Laurence Nowel: Excerpta Quaedam Danica (1565) Holderness, Graham Early Modern Culture, No. 3 (2003) Abstract It was 1601. Shakespeare’s Hamlet was playing at the Globe Theatre. The great actor... -
The art of gunnery in Renaissance England
Posted on February 21, 2010 | No CommentsThe art of gunnery in Renaissance England By Steven Walton PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 2000 Abstract: Previous histories of artillery have concentrated on the guns themselves and their use... -
Are We Bestial?: The Alterity of the Renaissance: A Response to “(Un)natural Loving: Swine, Pets, and Flowers in Venus and Adonis” by Dympna Callaghan
Posted on February 18, 2010 | No CommentsAre We Bestial?: The Alterity of the Renaissance: A Response to “(Un)natural Loving: Swine, Pets, and Flowers in Venus and Adonis” by Dympna Callaghan Bach, Rebecca Ann Early Modern Culture,... -
(Un)natural Loving: Swine, Pets, and Flowers in Venus and Adonis
Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments(Un)natural Loving:Swine, Pets, and Flowers in Venus and Adonis Callaghan, Dympna Early Modern Culture, No. 3 (2003) Abstract The history of the twentieth century is such that one is tempted... -
Response to Barbara Sebek’s “Good Turns and the Art of Merchandising: Conceptualizing Exchange in Early Modern England”
Posted on February 18, 2010 | No CommentsResponse to Barbara Sebek’s “Good Turns and the Art of Merchandising: Conceptualizing Exchange in Early Modern England” Shershow, Scott Cutler Early Modern Culture, No. 2 (2001) Abstract The question of...