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Title Cultural reformations : medieval and Renaissance in literary history / edited by Brian Cummings and James Simpson
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 689 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford twenty-first century approaches to literature
Oxford twenty-first century approaches to literature.
Contents Introduction / Brian Cummings and James Simpson -- Part I: Histories. Anachronism / Margreta De Grazia ; National histories / Ardis Butterfield ; Historiography / Jesse Lander ; Literary histories / Seth Lerer -- Part II: Spatialities. Place / James Simpson ; Enclosed spaces / Lynn Staley ; Travel / Andrew Hadfield -- Part III: Doctrines. The eucharist / David Aers and Sarah Beckwith ; The saints / Janel Mueller ; Vernacular theology / Thomas Betteridge ; Conscience / Paul Strohm -- Part IV: Legalities. Theatre / Lorna Hutson ; When English became Latin / Tim William Machan ; Heresy and treason / David Loewenstein ; Naughty printed books / David Scott Kastan -- Part V: Outside the law. Utopian pleasure / Stephen Greenblatt ; Folly / Greg Walker ; Despair / Nicholas Watson -- Part VI: Literature. Poetic fame / Helen Cooper ; 'Literature' / Gordon Teskey ; Style / Maura Nolan ; London books and London readers / Julia Boffey -- Part VII: Communities. Community / Cathy Shrank ; The reformation of the household / Colin Burrow ; Monasticism / Vincent Gillespie ; Nuns / David Wallace -- Part VIII: Labour. Active and contemplative lives / Jennifer Summit ; Childbirth / Alexandra Barratt ; Idleness / James Kearney -- Part IX: Selfhood. Persona / John Parker ; Passion / Ramie Targoff ; Autobiography and the history of reading / Brian Cummings
Summary The deepest periodic division in English literary history has been between the medieval and the early modern. 'Cultural Reformations' initiates discussion on many fronts in which both periods look different in dialogue with each other
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
English literature -- Periodization.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature -- Early modern
English literature -- Middle English
English literature -- Periodization
Englisch
Literatur
Periodisierung
Mittelenglisch
Literatur.
Mittelenglisch.
Englisch.
Periodisierung.
histoire (discipline) -- littérature anglaise -- périodisation -- Moyen-Âge -- Renaissance -- [études diverses]
culture -- littérature anglaise -- périodisation -- Angleterre (Grande-Bretagne) -- Moyen-Âge -- Renaissance -- [études diverses]
littérature anglaise -- périodisation -- religion -- Angleterre (Grande-Bretagne) -- Moyen-Âge -- Renaissance -- [études diverses]
Engelsk litteratur -- historia -- medeltiden.
Engelsk litteratur -- historia -- renässansen.
Engelsk litteratur -- periodisering.
Englisch
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Cummings, Brian
Simpson, James, 1954-
ISBN 9780191549755
0191549754
9780191792144
0191792144