The imagination in early modern English literature /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smid, Deanna (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill / Rodopi, 2017.
Series:Costerus ; new ser., v. 221.
Subjects:
Nash, Thomas, > 1567-1601. > Unfortunate traveller.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Winter's tale.
Brome, Richard, > -1652? > Antipodes.
Quarles, Francis, > 1592-1644. > Emblemes.
Unfortunate traveller (Nash, Thomas)
Emblemes (Quarles, Francis)
Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William)
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Imagination in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Early modern
Imagination in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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?

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