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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Main Author: Glimp, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674.
Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Criticism and interpretation.
Population in literature.
Population.
English literature > Early modern.
Demography.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Population dans la litterature.
Demographie > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Demographie > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Demography > England > History > 17th century.
Demography > England > History > 16th century.
England.
Angleterre > Population > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Angleterre > Population > Histoire > 16e siecle.
England > Population > History > 17th century.
England > Population > History > 16th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 the right kinds of people. This need, in turn, called for a variety of institutions to trainand thus make, through a kind of nonbiological procreationpious, enterprising, and dutiful subjects. In Increase and Multiply, David Glimp examines previously unexplored links between this emergent demograp.
Physical Description:1 online resource (260 pages).
ISBN:9780816693917

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