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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Page 10
... suggests, the Renaissance stands on one brink of modernity, and we find ourselves in a comparable position at its end.18 Reconsideration of the Renaissance in relation to the modern and postmodern epochs has, in fact, resulted in its ...
... suggests, the Renaissance stands on one brink of modernity, and we find ourselves in a comparable position at its end.18 Reconsideration of the Renaissance in relation to the modern and postmodern epochs has, in fact, resulted in its ...
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... suggests, perhaps the most important aspect of the theoretical agenda which contemporary critics share is a sense of Renaissance studies as a vital cultural force, one which has comprehensively reconceived itself the better to confront ...
... suggests, perhaps the most important aspect of the theoretical agenda which contemporary critics share is a sense of Renaissance studies as a vital cultural force, one which has comprehensively reconceived itself the better to confront ...
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... suggests here, a properly self-conscious practice is required to reflect both upon which texts are granted editorial priority and upon their places in history. Concomitantly, there will be the recognition that universal editorial ...
... suggests here, a properly self-conscious practice is required to reflect both upon which texts are granted editorial priority and upon their places in history. Concomitantly, there will be the recognition that universal editorial ...
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... suggesting that the causal relationships in the play are dense and complex rather than selfexplanatory. The same applies to Hamlet. For the order in which the long texts dramatize events seems in some ways rather odd. Polonius suggests ...
... suggesting that the causal relationships in the play are dense and complex rather than selfexplanatory. The same applies to Hamlet. For the order in which the long texts dramatize events seems in some ways rather odd. Polonius suggests ...
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... suggest 'life-like' characters favored by a culture of literacy where the short texts suggest functions or types indicative of orality. [. . .] Bradleian character analysis dominated Shakespeare criticism in the early twentieth century ...
... suggest 'life-like' characters favored by a culture of literacy where the short texts suggest functions or types indicative of orality. [. . .] Bradleian character analysis dominated Shakespeare criticism in the early twentieth century ...
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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