Retelling The Siege Of Jerusalem In Early Modern England
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Retelling The Siege Of Jerusalem In Early Modern England
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Author : Vanita Neelakanta
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2019-05-10
Retelling The Siege Of Jerusalem In Early Modern England written by Vanita Neelakanta and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
This compelling book explores sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English retellings of the Roman siege of Jerusalem and the way they informed and were informed by religious and political developments. The siege featured prominently in many early modern English sermons, ballads, plays, histories, and pamphlets, functioning as a touchstone for writers who sought to locate their own national drama of civil and religious tumult within a larger biblical and post-biblical context. Reformed England identified with besieged Jerusalem, establishing an equivalency between the Protestant church and the ancient Jewish nation but exposing fears that a displeased God could destroy his beloved nation. As print culture grew, secular interpretations of the siege ran alongside once-dominant providentialist narratives and spoke to the political anxieties in England as it was beginning to fashion a conception of itself as a nation. Distributed for the University of Delaware Press
The Destruction Of Jerusalem In Nineteenth Century German Culture
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Author : Axel Stähler
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2025-07-21
The Destruction Of Jerusalem In Nineteenth Century German Culture written by Axel Stähler and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-07-21 with History categories.
This book explores in a comparative approach the astounding medial variety and intermedial interleaving of cultural engagements with the subject of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple by the Romans in nineteenth-century Germany. Its main argument is that the pervasive discursive presence of the historical occurrence constitutes a significant but so far largely neglected arena for the negotiation of shifting German and Jewish imaginaries in which both German and Jewish creative minds engaged. Interpreted as pivotal not only for the progression of the history of salvation but also of universal history and responding to such decisive socio-cultural and political developments as the Kulturkampf and the rise of nationalism and antisemitism, the profusion of cultural engagements with the subject reveals its frequently contradictory polyvalence in the tense atmosphere of national unification, the negotiation of religious and national identities, and the positioning of the Jewish other; but also as a vehicle of Jewish self-definition and self-assertion in a period of proliferating antisemitism. The book addresses a broad readership of scholars of the culture of the nineteenth century, of intermediality, and of antisemitism.
Women Warriors In Early Modern Spain
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Author : Susan L. Fischer
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2019-07-18
Women Warriors In Early Modern Spain written by Susan L. Fischer and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Although scholars often depict early modern Spanish women as victims, history and fiction of the period are filled with examples of women who defended their God-given right to make their own decisions and to define their own identities. The essays in Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain examine many such examples, demonstrating how women battled the status quo, defended certain causes, challenged authority, and broke barriers. Such women did not necessarily engage in masculine pursuits, but often used cultural production and engaged in social subversion to exercise resistance in the home, in the convent, on stage, or at their writing desks. Distributed for the University of Delaware Press
England S Asian Renaissance
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Author : Su Fang Ng
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2021-12-17
England S Asian Renaissance written by Su Fang Ng and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
England's Asian Renaissance explores how Asian knowledges, narratives, and customs inflected early modern English literature. Just as Asian imports changed England's tastes and enriched the English language, Eastern themes, characters, and motifs helped shape the country's culture and contributed to its national identity. Questioning long-standing dichotomies between East and West and embracing a capacious understanding of translatio as geographic movement, linquistic transformation, and cultural grafting, the collection gives pride of place to convergence, approximation, and hybridity, thus underscoring the radical mobility of early modern culture. In so doing, England's Asian Renaissance also moves away from entrenched narratives of Western cultural sovereignty to think anew England's debts to Asia. Published by the University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Humanism English Literature And The Translation Of Greek 1430 1560
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Author : John Colley
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2025-04-10
Humanism English Literature And The Translation Of Greek 1430 1560 written by John Colley and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Humanism, English Literature, and the Translation of Greek, 1430–1560 is the first study to trace the influence of the Quattrocento rebirth of Greek scholarship on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century English literature. It begins with the first signs of humanist Greek in England in and around Duke Humfrey's circle, at a time when no English writer could claim significant Greek literacy. It ends on the cusp of Elizabethan literary culture, when English writers much more frequently translated Ancient Greek into both Latin and the vernacular. This period witnessed a surge in the translation of Greek. It also witnessed changing beliefs about how and why Greek should be translated at all, especially under the growing pressures of the Reformation. Building on scholarship in the fields of classical reception, translation studies, and intellectual history, the volume argues that attending to the period's ideas about Greek translation fundamentally alters our perception of Tudor humanism and the classical tradition more widely. In linking biblical and patristic translation with the translation of works by pagan authors, the book shows that Renaissance humanism was less secular and more wide-ranging in its goals and interest than the standard scholarly narrative has claimed. By showing continuities between late medieval and early modern literature, it further revises arguments for the novelty of the sixteenth-century humanists. The book ultimately argues that fifteenth- and sixteenth-century English writers experienced a contradictory relationship to Greek. Desire for the language and what it stood for was tempered by the realities of its mediated transmission. Desire for Greek was also undercut by the sectarian divisions that the language came to reflect and magnify.
Storytelling In Sixteenth Century France
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Author : Emily E. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2022-01-14
Storytelling In Sixteenth Century France written by Emily E. Thompson and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
Storytelling in Sixteenth-Century France is an innovative, interdisciplinary examination of parallels between the early modern era and the world in which we live today. Readers are invited to look to the past to see how then, as now, people turned to storytelling to integrate and adapt to rapid social change, to reinforce or restructure community, to sell new ideas, and to refashion the past. This collection explores different modalities of storytelling in sixteenth-century France and emphasizes shared techniques and themes rather than attempting to define narrow kinds of narrative categories. Through studies of storytelling in tapestries, stone, and music as well as distinct genres of historical, professional, and literary writing (addressing both erudite and more common readers), the contributors to this collection evoke a society in transition, wherein traditional techniques and materials were manipulated to express new realities. Published by the University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Improvising Otherwise
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Author : Fatima Lahham
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2025-04-30
Improvising Otherwise written by Fatima Lahham and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04-30 with Music categories.
This volume redefines how we approach early music and cultural histories, intertwining feminist, decolonial, and creative perspectives. Fatima Lahham delves into the improvisational practices of early modern England, situating them within a rich tapestry of musical sources, theological texts, travel narratives, and natural histories. Inspired by Sara Ahmed’s notion of the “feminist ear,” the book amplifies voices and histories often unheard, re-examining the cultural interplay between England and the Ottoman Empire in the seventeenth century. This groundbreaking study bridges disciplines and engages with critical race studies to explore decolonial methodologies. Lahham challenges traditional historiographies, integrating improvisation studies and early modern creativity to transform our understanding of historical performance and inspire new practices today. Tracks from her album punctuate the text, fostering an innovative, multi-modal reading experience, while creative prompts invite readers to craft their own improvisations. At once scholarly and imaginative, this book expands the boundaries of historically informed performance and cultural studies. By mobilizing improvisation as a tool for understanding and re-imagining history, Imagining Otherwise offers a vital contribution to early music, feminist theory, and the study of England’s global engagements.
Performative Polemic
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Author : Kathrina Ann LaPorta
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2021-06-21
Performative Polemic written by Kathrina Ann LaPorta and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Performative Polemic is the first literary historical study to analyze the “war of words” unleashed in the pamphlets denouncing Louis XIV’s absolute monarchy between 1667 and 1715. As conflict erupted between the French ruler and his political enemies, pamphlet writers across Europe penned scathing assaults on the Sun King’s bellicose impulses and expansionist policies. This book investigates how pamphlet writers challenged the monarchy’s monopoly over the performance of sovereignty by contesting the very mechanisms through which the crown legitimized its authority at home and abroad. Author Kathrina LaPorta offers a new conceptual framework for reading pamphlets as political interventions, asserting that an analysis of the pamphlet’s form is crucial to understanding how pamphleteers seduced readers by capitalizing on existing markets in literature, legal writing, and journalism. Pamphlet writers appeal to the theater-going public that would have been attending plays by Molière and Racine, as well as to readers of historical novels and periodicals. Pamphleteers entertained readers as they attacked the performative circuitry behind the curtain of monarchy.
Milton Among Spaniards
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Author : Angelica Duran
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2020-04-14
Milton Among Spaniards written by Angelica Duran and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
Firmly grounded in literary studies but drawing on religious studies, translation studies, drama, and visual art, Milton among Spaniards is the first book-length exploration of the afterlife of John Milton in Spanish culture, illuminating underexamined Anglo-Hispanic cultural relations. This study calls attention to a series of powerful engagements by Spaniards with Milton’s works and legend, following a general chronology from the eighteenth to the early twenty-first century, tracing the overall story of Milton’s presence from indices of prohibited works during the Inquisition, through the many Spanish translations of Paradise Lost, to the author’s depiction on stage in the nineteenth-century play Milton, and finally to the representation of Paradise Lost by Spanish visual artists.
Innovation In The Italian Counter Reformation
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Author : Shannon McHugh
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2020-09-18
Innovation In The Italian Counter Reformation written by Shannon McHugh and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
The enduring "black legend" of the Italian Counter-Reformation, which has held sway in both scholarly and popular culture, maintains that the Council of Trent ushered in a cultural dark age in Italy, snuffing out the spectacular creative production of the Renaissance. As a result, the decades following Trent have been mostly overlooked in Italian literary studies, in particular. The thirteen essays of Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation present a radical reconsideration of literary production in post-Tridentine Italy. With particular attention to the much-maligned tradition of spiritual literature, the volume’s contributors weave literary analysis together with religion, theater, art, music, science, and gender to demonstrate that the literature of this period not only merits study but is positively innovative. Contributors include such renowned critics as Virginia Cox and Amadeo Quondam, two of the leading scholars on the Italian Counter-Reformation. Distributed for UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PRESS