| Description |
1 online resource (210 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Costerus New Series ; volume 221
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Costerus ; new ser., v. 221.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| 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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Emblemes (Quarles, Francis) |
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Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William) |
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Imagination in literature.
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Imagination in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1700 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smid, Deanna. Imagination in early modern English literature. Leiden ; Boston : Brill / Rodopi, 2017 9789004344037 (DLC) 2017026207 |
| ISBN |
9789004344044 electronic book |
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9004344047 electronic book |
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9789004344037 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004344044 |
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