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“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... -
Partial Views: Shakespeare and the Map of Ireland
Posted on March 23, 2010 | No CommentsPartial Views: Shakespeare and the Map of Ireland Klein, Bernhard Early Modern Literary Studies 4.2/ Special Issue 3 (September, 1998) Abstract Contemporaries were divided over the visual power of maps:... -
Civilizing Wales: Cymbeline, Roads and the Landscapes of Early Modern Britain
Posted on March 23, 2010 | No CommentsCivilizing Wales: Cymbeline, Roads and the Landscapes of Early Modern Britain Sullivan, Garrett Early Modern Literary Studies 4.2/ Special Issue 3 (September, 1998) Abstract This article will show how Shakespeare’s... -
“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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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.... -
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... -
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... -
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,... -
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... -
“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... -
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... -
“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...