Increase and multiply : governing cultural reproduction in early modern England /

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Across the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a growing notion of the value of a large populace created a sense of urgency about reproduction; accordingly, a wide array of English writers of the time voiced the need not merely to add more people but also to ensure that England had an abundance of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Glimp, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586 > Criticism and interpretation.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586
1500-1700
Demography > England > History > 16th century.
Demography > England > History > 17th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Population in literature.
Démographie > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Démographie > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Population dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Demography
English literature > Early modern
Population
Population in literature
England > Population > History > 16th century.
England > Population > History > 17th century.
Angleterre > Population > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Angleterre > Population > Histoire > 17e siècle.
England
Computer network resources.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Making up people" : the English Commonwealth and the writing of populations
  • Defending poetic generation : Sir Philip Sidney and the aesthetics of educational reproduction
  • Staging government : Shakespearean theater and the government of cultural reproduction
  • The educational genesis of men : puritan reform and John Milton's Of education
  • Paradisal arithmetic : Paradise Lost and the genesis of populations.

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