Reconceiving the Renaissance: A Critical ReaderThe last two decades have transformed the field of Renaissance studies, and Reconceiving the Renaissance: A Critical Reader maps this difficult terrain. Attending to the breadth of fresh approaches, the volume offers a theoretical overview of current thinking about the period. Collecting in one volume the classic and cutting-edge statements which define early modern scholarship as it is now practised, this book is a one-stop indispensable resource for undergraduates and beginning postgraduates alike. Through a rich array of arguments by the world's leading experts, the Renaissance emerges wonderfully invigorated, while the suggestive shorter extracts, topical questions and engaged editorial introductions give students the wherewithal and encouragement to do some reconceiving themselves. |
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... less complete, less obtainable and more mediated than we once thought. Based largely upon interpretations of incomplete evidence, history, it is now widely acknowledged, can be read differently to reveal different stories. Historical ...
... less complete, less obtainable and more mediated than we once thought. Based largely upon interpretations of incomplete evidence, history, it is now widely acknowledged, can be read differently to reveal different stories. Historical ...
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... less luxurious 'foreign' bodies were used in the printshop: the words of what was to become a classic text were printed in an ink that mingled not only ingredients like juniper gum, linseed oil, and lampblack but also the residual ...
... less luxurious 'foreign' bodies were used in the printshop: the words of what was to become a classic text were printed in an ink that mingled not only ingredients like juniper gum, linseed oil, and lampblack but also the residual ...
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... less equivocal. The following table shows the number of plays first registered in 1585–1604. PERIOD PLAYS PLAYS PERIOD 1596 1585 1 1586 0 1597 1587 0 1598 0 2 3 3 3 0 1588 1589 0 1599 1600 (Jan.–Apr.) May 1600—Oct. 1601 1590 3 27 PERIOD ...
... less equivocal. The following table shows the number of plays first registered in 1585–1604. PERIOD PLAYS PLAYS PERIOD 1596 1585 1 1586 0 1597 1587 0 1598 0 2 3 3 3 0 1588 1589 0 1599 1600 (Jan.–Apr.) May 1600—Oct. 1601 1590 3 27 PERIOD ...
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... less compelling, partly because the peak period happened after rather than during the closure and partly because the sums involved would have been relatively small. Tradition has offered two explanations for the supposed reluctance of ...
... less compelling, partly because the peak period happened after rather than during the closure and partly because the sums involved would have been relatively small. Tradition has offered two explanations for the supposed reluctance of ...
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... less doubt that the initiative came from the players.6 On May 27 the printer James Roberts went to Stationers' Hall and provisionally registered a Chamberlain's play (now lost) called Cloth Breeches and Velvet Hose. Roberts held the ...
... less doubt that the initiative came from the players.6 On May 27 the printer James Roberts went to Stationers' Hall and provisionally registered a Chamberlain's play (now lost) called Cloth Breeches and Velvet Hose. Roberts held the ...
Contents
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3 Histories | 85 |
4 Appropriation | 145 |
5 Identities | 211 |
6 Materiality | 278 |
7 Values | 353 |
Acknowledgements of Sources | 423 |
Index | 429 |
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