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Buttressing a Monarchy: Literary Representations of William III and the Glorious Revolution
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe 1690s have been unfairly criticized as one of the dullest periods in English literature.i While the period lacks the euphoria of the years immediately following the Restoration, the literature in the years following William III’s ascension is anything but dull. As writers wrestled with the monumental changes to the English government brought about by the Glorious Revolution, they created a body of literature that significantly engages political issues and vibrantly expresses the varied conceptions of government circulating at the time. -
Literature, war and politics, 1642-1668
Posted on January 3, 2012 | No CommentsWhat the two poems could not register (beyond a loaded remark in the Epilogue to the effect that if the play had offended the prince then ‘we’ve now / Three hours done treason here’) was the full extent of the political crisis then unfolding. -
All Singing, All Dancing
Posted on November 22, 2011 | No CommentsSexually explicit jigs were a major part of the attraction of the Elizabethan, Jacobean and Restoration stage, as Lucie Skeaping explains. -
Shakespeare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: “Reason of State” in Hamlet
Posted on April 29, 2010 | No CommentsShakespeare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: “Reason of State” in Hamlet DiMatteo, Anthony Early Modern Literary Studies 10.2 (September, 2004) Abstract Hamlet marks a turning point in Shakespeare’s evolving... -
“That vain Animal”: Rochester’s Satyr and the Theriophilic Paradox
Posted on April 24, 2010 | No Comments“That vain Animal”: Rochester’s Satyr and the Theriophilic Paradox Rosenfeld, Nancy Early Modern Literary Studies 9.2 (September 2003) Abstract The Satyr against Reason and Mankind by John Wilmot, second Earl... -
“He is turned a ballad-maker”: Broadside Appropriations in Early Modern England
Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments“He is turned a ballad-maker”: Broadside Appropriations in Early Modern England Fisher, Joshua B. Early Modern Literary Studies 9.2 (September 2003) Abstract Responding to an enduring critical heritage that often... -
The ”popular philosopher”: Plato, Poetry, and Food in Tudor Aesthetics
Posted on April 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe ”popular philosopher”: Plato, Poetry, and Food in Tudor Aesthetics Mitsi, Efterpi Early Modern Literary Studies 9.2 (September 2003) Abstract Sixteenth-century arguments on the role of poetry reveal the ambiguous... -
The Metaphysical Sonnets of John Donne and Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski: A Comparison
Posted on April 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe Metaphysical Sonnets of John Donne and Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski: A Comparison Kay, Magdalena Early Modern Literary Studies 9.2 (September 2003) Abstract Two of the most extraordinary minds of the... -
Meet the Peters
Posted on April 22, 2010 | No CommentsMeet the Peters Abrams, Richard Early Modern Literary Studies 8.2 (September 2002) / Special Issue 10 Abstract Recent internal evidence makes clear that John Ford had a principal hand in... -
“Powdered with Golden Rain”: The Myth of Danae in Early Modern Drama
Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments“Powdered with Golden Rain”: The Myth of Danae in Early Modern Drama Sanders, Julie Early Modern Literary Studies 8.2 (September 2002) / Special Issue 10 Abstract This essay explores the... -
“To stand upright will ask thee skill”: The Pinnacle and the Paradigm
Posted on April 5, 2010 | No Comments“To stand upright will ask thee skill”: The Pinnacle and the Paradigm Barton, Carol Early Modern Literary Studies 6.2 (September, 2000) Abstract Paradise Regain’d was considered inferior to the diffuse... -
Cheerful Girls and Willing Boys: Old and Young Bodies in Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Posted on April 5, 2010 | No CommentsCheerful Girls and Willing Boys: Old and Young Bodies in Shakespeare’s Sonnets MacInnes, Ian Early Modern Literary Studies 6.2 (September, 2000) Abstract Many twentieth-century critics have been willing to admit... -
Narrative and the Forms of Desire in Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis
Posted on April 1, 2010 | No CommentsNarrative and the Forms of Desire in Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis Kuchar, Gary Early Modern Literary Studies 5.2 (September, 1999) Abstract Recent articles by Catherine Belsey, Richard Halpern, and James... -
“In this dark world and wide”: Samson Agonistes and the Meaning of Christian Heroism
Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments“In this dark world and wide”: Samson Agonistes and the Meaning of Christian Heroism Barton, Carol Early Modern Literary Studies 5.2 (September, 1999) Abstract In this essay, I argue that... -
John Donne’s Use of Space
Posted on March 23, 2010 | No CommentsJohn Donne’s Use of Space Gorton, Lisa Early Modern Literary Studies 4.2/ Special Issue 3 (September, 1998) Abstract John Donne’s writing shows he was fascinated by new discoveries. He took... -
“On the Famous Voyage”: Ben Jonson and Civic Space
Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments“On the Famous Voyage”: Ben Jonson and Civic Space McRae, Andrew Early Modern Literary Studies 4.2/ Special Issue 3 (September, 1998) Abstract In this essay I want to contextualize Jonson’s... -
Translated Geographies: Edmund Spenser’s “The Ruines of Time”
Posted on March 23, 2010 | No CommentsTranslated Geographies: Edmund Spenser’s “The Ruines of Time” Griffiths, Huw Early Modern Literary Studies 4.2/ Special Issue 3 (September, 1998) Abstract This paper deals with two ironic movements in relation... -
The Poetic Nocturne: From Ancient Motif to Renaissance Genre
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsThe Poetic Nocturne: From Ancient Motif to Renaissance Genre Fitter, Chris Early Modern Literary Studies 3.2 (September 1997) Abstract The genre of poetic nocturne needs dating not to the eighteenth... -
New Pleasures Prove: Evidence of Dialectical Disputatio in Early Modern Manuscript Culture
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsNew Pleasures Prove: Evidence of Dialectical Disputatio in Early Modern Manuscript Culture Downs-Gamble, Margaret Early Modern Literary Studies 2.2 (August 1996): Contents Abstract Thomas Fuller first related the legend that... -
“Not Onely a Pastour, but a Lawyer also”: George Herbert’s Vision of Stuart Magistracy
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No Comments“Not Onely a Pastour, but a Lawyer also”: George Herbert’s Vision of Stuart Magistracy Powers-Beck, Jeffrey Early Modern Literary Studies 1.2 (August 1995) Abstract “Justice is the ground of charity”... -
‘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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
“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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Satire and Domesticity in Late Eighteenth-Century Women’s Poetry: Minding the Gap
Posted on February 17, 2010 | No CommentsSatire and Domesticity in Late Eighteenth-Century Women’s Poetry: Minding the Gap Johns-Putra, Adeline Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies Vol. 33 No. 1 (2010) Abstract This article examines the work of four... -
Why Poetry?
Posted on January 21, 2010 | No CommentsWhy Poetry? Keith, Jennifer The Eighteenth Century, Volume 48, Number 1, Spring 2007 Abstract In a cultural climate and scholarly marketplace that increasingly marginalize poetry, especially eighteenth-century poetry, relatively few... -
The Faerie Queene, II. i-ii: Amavia, Medina, and the Myth of Lucretia
Posted on January 7, 2010 | No CommentsThe Faerie Queene, II. i-ii: Amavia, Medina, and the Myth of Lucretia Canadas, Ivan Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 15 No. 2 (2007) Abstract There is critical consensus... -
Her cruell hands: Love as Predation in Amoretti
Posted on January 6, 2010 | No CommentsHer cruell hands: Love as Predation in Amoretti Jeong, In-ju Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 16 No. 1 (2008) Abstract Although Edmund Spenser’s Amoretti has long been considered... -
“Remembering Cynthia: The Legacy of Elizabeth I in the Poetry of Aemilia Lanyer and Diana Primrose”
Posted on January 3, 2010 | No Comments“Remembering Cynthia: The Legacy of Elizabeth I in the Poetry of Aemilia Lanyer and Diana Primrose” Kim, Younkyung Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 15 No. 1 (2007) Abstract... -
“Constable’s Spirituall Sonnettes and the Three Spiritual Ways”
Posted on January 3, 2010 | No Comments“Constable’s Spirituall Sonnettes and the Three Spiritual Ways” Engels, William Medieval and Early Modern English Studies ,Volume 14 No. 2 (2006) Abstract Spirituall Sonnettes:To the honour of God and hys... -
“Imagining Self and Inwardness: Towards the Invention of Poetic Subjectivity in the Sonnets of Sidney and Shakespeare”
Posted on January 3, 2010 | No Comments“Imagining Self and Inwardness: Towards the Invention of Poetic Subjectivity in the Sonnets of Sidney and Shakespeare” Kim, Tai-Won Medieval and Early Modern English Studies Volume 14 No. 2 (2006)... -
Questioning Men’s Love in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella and Lady Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
Posted on January 3, 2010 | No CommentsQuestioning Men’s Love in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella and Lady Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilanthus Cañadas, Ivan Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 13 (2005) Abstract The... -
Measure is Treasure: Financial and Political Prudence in John Skelton’s Magnificence
Posted on January 1, 2010 | No CommentsMeasure is Treasure: Financial and Political Prudence in John Skelton’s Magnificence Kim, Tai-Won Medieval English Studies, vol.10 (2002) No.1 Abstract John Skelton’s Magnificence (ca. 1515-21), the only extant play of... -
Britomartis’ Heroic Love in Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, Book 3
Posted on December 30, 2009 | No CommentsBritomartis’ Heroic Love in Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, Book 3 Kim, Hoyoung Medieval English Studies, vol. 9 (2001) No. 1 Abstract Each book of The Faerie Queene is not a... -
Googe Is Scrooge: Barnaby Googe and Poetic Asceticism
Posted on December 30, 2009 | No CommentsGooge Is Scrooge: Barnaby Googe and Poetic Asceticism Hong, Kyongjoo Medieval English Studies, vol. 8 (2000) Abstract When we examine the tradition of Renaissance poetry in England, our attention diverges... -
The End Is Not Yet: Monarchy, Choice, and the Problematic Binaries of Representation
Posted on December 30, 2009 | No CommentsThe End Is Not Yet: Monarchy, Choice, and the Problematic Binaries of Representation Rogers, William Early English Studies, vol. 1 (2007) Abstract Ten years before the publication of Edmund Spenser’s...