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‘Lyke Chaucers boye’: Poetry and Penitence in Gascoigne’s Grief of Joye
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No Comments‘Lyke Chaucers boye’: Poetry and Penitence in Gascoigne’s Grief of Joye Laam, Kevin Early Modern Literary Studies 14.1/Special Issue 18 Abstract In The Renaissance Chaucer, Alice Miskimin argues that the... -
Gascoigne’s Globe: The Spoyle of Antwerpe and the Black Legend of Spain
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsGascoigne’s Globe: The Spoyle of Antwerpe and the Black Legend of Spain Bradley Salamon, Linda Early Modern Literary Studies 14.1/Special Issue 18 Abstract As a military officer and a government... -
“A true Copie”: Gascoigne’s Princely Pleasures and the textual representation of courtly performance
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments“A true Copie”: Gascoigne’s Princely Pleasures and the textual representation of courtly performance Anderson, Susan Early Modern Literary Studies 14.1/Special Issue 18 Abstract The Princely Pleasures at Kenelworth Castle describes... -
The fruits of war: The voice of the soldier in Gascoigne, Rich, and Churchyard
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No CommentsThe fruits of war: The voice of the soldier in Gascoigne, Rich, and Churchyard Heale, Elizabeth Early Modern Literary Studies 14.1/Special Issue 18 Abstract The poem succinctly dramatizes the complex... -
‘Nedelesse Singularitie’: George Gascoigne’s Strategies for Preserving Lyric Delight
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments‘Nedelesse Singularitie’: George Gascoigne’s Strategies for Preserving Lyric Delight Zarnowiecki, Matthew Early Modern Literary Studies 14.1/Special Issue 18 Abstract George Gascoigne’s A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres (1573) is among the most... -
‘If the head be evill the body cannot be good’: Legitimate Rebellion in Gascoigne and Kinwelmershe’s Jocasta
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments‘If the head be evill the body cannot be good’: Legitimate Rebellion in Gascoigne and Kinwelmershe’s Jocasta Ward, Allyna E. Early Modern Literary Studies 14.1/Special Issue 18 Abstract The collaborative... -
Self-portraits and Self-presentation in the Work of George Gascoigne
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No CommentsSelf-portraits and Self-presentation in the Work of George Gascoigne Austen, Gillian Early Modern Literary Studies 14.1/Special Issue 18 Abstract George Gascoigne, the most inventive and influential poet of his generation,... -
Introduction: ‘Thus Much I Adventure to Deliver to You’: the Fortunes of George Gascoigne
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No CommentsIntroduction: ‘Thus Much I Adventure to Deliver to You’: the Fortunes of George Gascoigne Hamrick, Stephen Early Modern Literary Studies 14.1/Special Issue 18 Abstract Four hundred thirty years after his... -
Milton’s Titles
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsMilton’s Titles Hale, John K. Early Modern Literary Studies 13.1 (May, 2007) Abstract Milton’s titling practices are examined from four main standpoints. First, ideas about titling as a speech-act are... -
Witchcraft, flight and the early modern English stage
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsWitchcraft, flight and the early modern English stage Booth, Roy Early Modern Literary Studies 13.1 (May, 2007) Abstract This is a discussion of something that never happened, in relation to... -
The Rumbling Belly Politic: Metaphorical Location and Metaphorical Government in Coriolanus
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsThe Rumbling Belly Politic: Metaphorical Location and Metaphorical Government in Coriolanus Eastman, Nate Early Modern Literary Studies 13.1 (May, 2007) Abstract That the rioting plebians in Coriolanus found their inspiration... -
The Golden Man and the Golden Age: The Relationship of English Poets and the New World Reconsidered
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsThe Golden Man and the Golden Age: The Relationship of English Poets and the New World Reconsidered McInnis, David Early Modern Literary Studies 13.1 (May, 2007) Abstract George Chapman’s De... -
“With Honour Quit the Fort”: Ambivalent Colonialism in Dryden’s Amboyna
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No Comments“With Honour Quit the Fort”: Ambivalent Colonialism in Dryden’s Amboyna Schille, Candy B. K. Early Modern Literary Studies 12.1 (May, 2006) Abstract The essay argues that Amboyna, its subject and... -
Love, Death and Resurrection in Tragicomedies by Seventeenth-Century English Women Dramatists
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsLove, Death and Resurrection in Tragicomedies by Seventeenth-Century English Women Dramatists Corporaal, Marguérite Early Modern Literary Studies 12.1 (May, 2006) Abstract In tragicomedies by seventeenth-century English women, such as Lady... -
From the ridiculous to the sublime: Ovidian and Neoplatonic registers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsFrom the ridiculous to the sublime: Ovidian and Neoplatonic registers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Carter, Sarah Early Modern Literary Studies 12.1 (May, 2006) Abstract A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595)... -
Virtual Scholarship: Navigating Early Modern Studies on the World Wide Web
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsVirtual Scholarship: Navigating Early Modern Studies on the World Wide Web Curran, Kevin Early Modern Literary Studies 12.1 (May, 2006) Abstract This article surveys a large number of freely accessible... -
Female Spectacle as Liberation in Margaret Cavendish’s Plays
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsFemale Spectacle as Liberation in Margaret Cavendish’s Plays Devlin Mosher, Joyce Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract In Cavendish’s life and in her plays, lavish confections and transsexual... -
Mourning Eve, Mourning Milton in Paradise Lost
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsMourning Eve, Mourning Milton in Paradise Lost Hodgson, Elizabeth M. A. Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract Hamlet’s mourning black seems to be a form of armour which... -
Intimacy and the Body in Seventeenth-Century Religious Devotion
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsIntimacy and the Body in Seventeenth-Century Religious Devotion Bromley, James M. Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract This paper outlines a debate over the role of the body... -
Elephants, Englishmen and India: Early Modern Travel Writing and the Pre-Colonial Moment
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsElephants, Englishmen and India: Early Modern Travel Writing and the Pre-Colonial Moment Aune, M. G. Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract Describing and analyzing the dynamics of the... -
“I Live With Bread Like You”: Forms of Inclusion in Richard II
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No Comments“I Live With Bread Like You”: Forms of Inclusion in Richard II Landau, Aaron Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract In this paper I examine the subtle, complex,... -
“The Cittie is in an uproare”: Staging London in The Booke of Sir Thomas More
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No Comments“The Cittie is in an uproare”: Staging London in The Booke of Sir Thomas More Hill, Tracey Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract The late sixteenth-century manuscript play... -
“Set in portraiture”: George Gascoigne, Queen Elizabeth, and Adapting the Royal Image
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No Comments“Set in portraiture”: George Gascoigne, Queen Elizabeth, and Adapting the Royal Image Hamrick, Stephen Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract The essay analyzes the images of Gascoigne and... -
Roman or Revenger?: The Definition and Distortion of Masculine Identity in Titus Andronicus
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsRoman or Revenger?: The Definition and Distortion of Masculine Identity in Titus Andronicus Hancock, Brecken Rose Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract Coppélia Kahn describes the trajectory of... -
Human Nature in Republican Tradition and Paradise Lost
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsHuman Nature in Republican Tradition and Paradise Lost Walker, William Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract An account of human nature is an important component of arguments about... -
Milton’s ‘Divorcive’ Liberties: Ecclesiastical, Domestic or Private, Civil and Cosmological
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsMilton’s ‘Divorcive’ Liberties: Ecclesiastical, Domestic or Private, Civil and Cosmological Howard, W. Scott Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract In his pamphlets from the 1640s – in particular:... -
Women, Children, and the Rhetoric of Milton’s Divorce Tracts
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsWomen, Children, and the Rhetoric of Milton’s Divorce Tracts van den Berg, Sara Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract In his divorce tracts, Milton uses vignette, metaphor, and... -
Does Beatrice Joanna Have a Subtext?: The Changeling on the London Stage
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsDoes Beatrice Joanna Have a Subtext?: The Changeling on the London Stage Nicol, Dave & Barker, Roberta Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract Middleton and Rowley’s tragedy The... -
“On forfeit of your selves, think nothing true”: Self-Deception in Ben Jonson’s Epicoene
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments“On forfeit of your selves, think nothing true”: Self-Deception in Ben Jonson’s Epicoene Jackson, J.A. Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract Ben Jonson’s Epicoene, or The Silent Woman... -
A Shroud for the Mind: Ralegh’s Poetic Rewriting of the Self
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsA Shroud for the Mind: Ralegh’s Poetic Rewriting of the Self Tashma-Baum, Miri Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract Sir Walter Ralegh’s longest, most complex, and probably unfinished... -
“Thy temperance invincible”: Humanism in Book II of The Faerie Queene and Paradise Regained
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No Comments“Thy temperance invincible”: Humanism in Book II of The Faerie Queene and Paradise Regained Sung-Kyun, Yim Early Modern Literary Studies 9.1 (May 2003) Abstract This essay argues that Spenser and... -
How to Read an Early Modern Map: Between the Particular and the General, the Material and the Abstract, Words and Mathematics
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsHow to Read an Early Modern Map: Between the Particular and the General, the Material and the Abstract, Words and Mathematics Edwards, Jess Early Modern Literary Studies 9.1 (May 2003)... -
“The Legend of the Bischop of St. Androis Lyfe” and the Survival of Scottish Poetry
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No Comments“The Legend of the Bischop of St. Androis Lyfe” and the Survival of Scottish Poetry Parkinson, David J. Early Modern Literary Studies 9.1 (May 2003) Abstract Their favoured manner readily... -
Religion, Politics, Revenge: The Dead in Renaissance Drama
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsReligion, Politics, Revenge: The Dead in Renaissance Drama Rist, Thomas Early Modern Literary Studies 9.1 (May 2003) Abstract This article argues that in the history of criticism preoccupation with the... -
Propaganda or a Record of Events? Richard Mulcaster’s The Passage Of Our Most Drad Soveraigne Lady Quene Elyzabeth Through The Citie Of London Westminster The Daye Before Her Coronacion
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsPropaganda or a Record of Events? Richard Mulcaster’s The Passage Of Our Most Drad Soveraigne Lady Quene Elyzabeth Through The Citie Of London Westminster The Daye Before Her Coronacion Leahy,... -
Elizabeth Cary’s Mariam and the Critique of Pure Reason
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsElizabeth Cary’s Mariam and the Critique of Pure Reason Hamlin, William M. Early Modern Literary Studies 9.1 (May 2003) Abstract Most discussions of Elizabeth Cary’s Tragedy of Mariam have concentrated... -
Romancing Multiplicity: Female Subjectivity and the Body Divisible in Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsRomancing Multiplicity: Female Subjectivity and the Body Divisible in Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World Wagner, Geraldine Early Modern Literary Studies 9.1 (May 2003) Abstract By exploring the mutually constitutive relationship between... -
“New Sects of Love”: Neoplatonism and Constructions of Gender in Davenant’s The Temple of Love and The Platonick
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No Comments“New Sects of Love”: Neoplatonism and Constructions of Gender in Davenant’s The Temple of Love and The Platonick Dawson, Lesel Early Modern Literary Studies 8.1 (May 2002) Abstract This article... -
Common-words frequencies, Shakespeare’s style, and the Elegy by W. S.
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsCommon-words frequencies, Shakespeare’s style, and the Elegy by W. S. Craig, Hugh Early Modern Literary Studies 8.1 (May 2002) Abstract In a 1989 book Donald W. Foster presented evidence that... -
Surpassing Glass: Shakespeare’s Mirrors
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsSurpassing Glass: Shakespeare’s Mirrors Kelly, Philippa Early Modern Literary Studies 8.1 (May 2002) Abstract ‘Surpassing Glass: Shakespeare’s Mirrors’ considers the role of the mirror in early modern literature, in particular... -
Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night: Contemporary Film and Classic British Theatre
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsTrevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night: Contemporary Film and Classic British Theatre Jones, Nicholas R. Early Modern Literary Studies 8.1 (May 2002) Abstract Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night (1996) takes a relatively conservative... -
Looking with ears, hearing with eyes: Shakespeare and the ear of the early modern
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsLooking with ears, hearing with eyes: Shakespeare and the ear of the early modern Robson, Mark Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1/ Special Issue 8 (May, 2001) Abstract Attention to aurality... -
Paradise Lost and the Acoustics of Hell
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsParadise Lost and the Acoustics of Hell Steggle, Matthew Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1/ Special Issue 8 (May, 2001) Abstract What does Hell sound like? Almost all the accounts of... -
Other Accents: Some Problems with identifying Elizabethan Pronunciation
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsOther Accents: Some Problems with identifying Elizabethan Pronunciation Gurr, Andrew Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1/ Special Issue 8 (May, 2001) Abstract This paper surveys the scholarly work that has been... -
Music at the New Globe
Posted on March 6, 2010 | No CommentsMusic at the New Globe Schütz, Chantal Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1/ Special Issue 8 (May, 2001) Abstract The New Globe, a full scale authentic “instrument”, opened in summer 1997.... -
Take Figys, and grynd hem wel
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsTake Figys, and grynd hem wel Meltonville, Marc London Archaeologist, Volume 11-11 (2007) Abstract The palace’s Tudor kitchens have been a major visitor attraction ever since the grace and favour... -
Numme Feete: Meter in Early Modern England
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsNumme Feete: Meter in Early Modern England Tate, Joseph Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1/ Special Issue 8 (May, 2001) Abstract This paper investigates early modern English rhetorical manuals, private letters,... -
Hearing Green: Logomarginality in Hamlet
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsHearing Green: Logomarginality in Hamlet By Smith, Bruce R. Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1/ Special Issue 8 (May, 2001) Abstract Of all Shakespeare’s protagonists, Hamlet would seem to have claims... -
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... -
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...