| Description |
1 online resource (210 pages) |
| Series |
Costerus New Series ; volume 221 |
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Costerus ; new ser., v. 221.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The imagination defined -- The imagination embodied: brain, body, and Thomas Nashe's The unfortunate traveller -- The imagination gendered: pregnancy and creation in William Shakespeare's The winter's tale -- The imagination restrained: fantasy and reality in Richard Brome's The antipodes -- The imagination creative: Francis Quarles pictures the world in Emblemes -- Conclusion: the imagination ... historicized? |
| Summary |
"In The Imagination in Early Modern English Literature, Deanna Smid presents a literary, historical account of imagination in early modern English literature, paying special attention to its effects on the body, to its influence on women, to its restraint by reason, and to its ability to create novelty. An early modern definition of imagination emerges in the work of Robert Burton, Francis Bacon, Edward Reynolds, and Margaret Cavendish. Smid explores a variety of literary texts, from Thomas Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveler to Francis Quarles's Emblems, to demonstrate the literary consequences of the early modern imagination. Imagining Minds insists that, if we are to call an early modern text "imaginative," we must recognize the unique characteristics of early modern English imagination, in all its complexity"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 10, 2020) |
| Subject |
Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601. Unfortunate traveller.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Winter's tale.
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Brome, Richard, -1652? Antipodes
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Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. Emblemes.
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| SUBJECT |
Unfortunate traveller (Nash, Thomas) fast |
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Emblemes (Quarles, Francis) fast |
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Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William) fast |
| Subject |
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Imagination in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature -- Early modern
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Imagination in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017034888 |
| ISBN |
9789004344044 |
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9004344047 |
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