Reading the Renaissance
Subtitle: ideas and idioms from Shakespeare to Milton
By: edited by Marc Berley.
Contributors: Berley, Marc.
Series: Medieval & Renaissance literary studies; Medieval and Renaissance literary studies
Publisher: Duquesne University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Renaissance -- England.
Description: A timely and compelling answer to a decades-long attack on literature by various schools of critical theory. A collection of new and provocative essays by prominent scholars, it speaks eloquently to the enduring value of Renaissance literature and literary study. Reading the Renaissance makes a powerful corrective statement about the direction in which Renaissance literary studies should go in the wake of critical theory. Unabashed in detailing wrong turns made by critical theory in recent years, this book will doubtless make waves. But it will be most appreciated for its own considerable accomplishments. The essays here are exemplary signs of how rich, joyous, and indeed critical, engagement with the Renaissance can be in the 21st century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-267) and index.