How far should we try to read medieval and early modern texts historically? Does the attempt to uncover how such texts might have been received by their original readers and audiences uncover new, hitherto unexpected contemporary resonances in them? Or does it flatten works of a…
"How far should we try to read medieval and early modern texts historically? Does the attempt to uncover how such texts might have been received by their original readers and audiences uncover new, hitherto unexpected contemporary resonances in them? Or does it flatten works of …
Pioneer of early-modern literary historicism reads Medieval & early Tudor drama & poetry historically. How far should we try to read medieval and early modern texts historically? Does the attempt to uncover how such texts might have been received by their original readers and au…
Shakespeare's Political Imagination argues that to better understand Shakespeare's plays it is essential to look at the historicism of setting: how the places and societies depicted in the plays were understood in the period when they were written. This book offers us new readin…
"Shakespeare's Political Imagination argues that to better understand Shakespeare's plays it is essential to look at the conceptions of the political societies available to him and his audiences. This book offers us new readings of neglected critical moments in key plays, such a…
"Shakespeare's Political Imagination argues that to better understand Shakespeare's plays it is essential to look at the conceptions of the political societies available to him and his audiences. This book offers us new readings of neglected critical moments in key plays, such a…
Part 1. Remembering the past: European and colonial traditions; "Domestic history" and the Republican novel -- Part 2. Historiography and the "art of the historian": Historical representation in the Monthly magazine and American review and the Literary magazine and American regi…
The novels of Charles Brockden Brown redefined the gothic genre but little has been said about the latter years of Brown's career. His later historical narratives are often dismissed as uninteresting, and Brown himself has been accused of having become "a stodgy conservative." T…
A new perspective on the cultural politics of Charles Brockden Brown The novels of Charles Brockden Brown, the most accomplished literary figure in early America, redefined the gothic genre and helped shape some of America?s greatest writers, including Herman Melville, Edgar All…
