{"product_id":"a-handbook-of-english-renaissance-literary-studies-isbn-9781118458785","title":"A Handbook of English Renaissance Literary Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides a detailed map of contemporary critical theory in Renaissance and Early Modern English literary studies beyond Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Handbook of English Renaissance Literary Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking guide to the contemporary engagement with critical theory within the larger disciplinary area of Renaissance and Early Modern studies. Comprising commissioned contributions from leading international scholars, it provides an overview of literary theory, beyond Shakespeare, focusing on most major figures, as well as some lesser-known writers of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book represents an important first step in bridging the divide between the abundance of titles which explore applications of theory in Shakespeare studies, and the relative lack of such texts concerning English Literary Renaissance studies as a whole, which includes major figures such as Marlowe, Jonson, Donne, and Milton. The tripartite structure offers a map of the critical landscape so that students can appreciate the breadth of the work being done, along with an exploration of the ways in which the treatments of or approaches to key issues have changed over time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHandbook of English Renaissance Literary Studies \u003c\/i\u003eis must-reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of early modern and Renaissance English literature, as well as their instructors and advisors. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivided into three main sections, “Conditions of Subjectivity,” “Spaces, Places, and Forms,” and “Practices and Theories,” \u003ci\u003eA Handbook of English Renaissance Literary Studies\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an overview of theoretical work and the theoretical-informed competencies which are central to the teaching of English Renaissance literary studies beyond Shakespeare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a map of the critical landscape of the field to provide students with an opportunity to appreciate the breadth of the work done\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures newly-commissioned essays in representative subject areas to offer a clear picture of the contemporary theoretically-engaged work in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ways in which the treatments of or approaches to key issues have changed over time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers examples of the ways in which the practice of a theoretically-engaged criticism may enrich the personal and professional lives of critics, and the culture in which such critical practice takes place\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Conditions of Subjectivity 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Gender 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Bates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Love and Friendship 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames M. Bromley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Race and Colonization 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean E. Feerick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Agency and Choice 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Religion and the Religious Turn 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia Reinhard Lupton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Desire and Representation 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Ryle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Service 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Schalkwyk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Body and Its Lives 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam W.E. Slights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Objects and Things 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulian Yates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Places, Spaces, and Forms 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Market 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid J. Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Nature and the Non]Human 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce Boehrer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Nation and Archipelago 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilly Maley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 London 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Munro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Church 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnne M. Myers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Republic of Letters and the Commonwealth of Learning 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna Picciotto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Romance 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenedict S. Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Court 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLauren Shohet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Household 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary E. Trull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Practices and Theories 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Rhetorics of Similitude 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith H. Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Publication 295\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Eckhardt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Authorship 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Reading 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Ann Lund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Science and Early Modern Literature 337\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoward Marchitello\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Representation 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Phillippy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Historiography 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Popper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Devotion 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy Rosendale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Book 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Travel and Chorography 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngus Vine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 426\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol, UK. His work on Renaissance English literature has included a selection of Spenser's shorter poems and a monograph, \u003cem\u003eShakespeare and the Controversies of Self.\u003c\/em\u003e      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Handbook of English Renaissance Literary Studies\u003c\/em\u003e is a groundbreaking guide to the contemporary engagement with critical theory within the larger disciplinary area of Renaissance and Early Modern studies. 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