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The Seventeenth-Century Literature Handbook is an accessible, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to English literature in the seventeenth century. It provides a one-stop resource for literature students, with the essential information and guidance needed at the beginning of a course through to the development of more advanced knowledge and skills. It includes: - introductions to authors, texts and contexts - guides to key critics, concepts and topics - an overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research - case studies in reading literary and critical texts - an annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms. Written in clear language by leading academics, it is an indispensable starting point for students beginning their study of seventeenth-century literature.
List of contents
Series Introduction
1. Introduction: overview with timeline - Eric J. Sterling, Auburn University Montgomery, USA
Timeline - Deborah Cosier Solomon, Auburn University Montgomery, USA
2. Historical Context - Richard Harp, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
3. Literary and Cultural Contexts - Brian Blackley, North Carolina State University and Lara M. Crowley, Texas Tech University, USA
4. Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts - Matthew Steggle, Sheffield-Hallam University, UK
5. Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts - James Hirsch, Georgia State University, USA
6. Key Critical Concepts and Topics - Nancy Mohrlock Bunker, Macon State University, USA and James S. Baumlin, Missouri State University, USA
7. Changes in Critical Responses and Approaches - Robert C. Evans, Auburn University Montgomery, USA
8. Changes in the Canon - Bruce Boehrer, Florida State University, USA
9. Issues of Sexuality, Gender and Ethnicity - Robert C. Evans and Eric Sterling
10. Mapping the Current Critical Landscape - Albert C. Labriola, Duquesne University, USA
Glossary of critical and theoretical terminology - Laura Schechter, University of Alberta, Canada
Annotated Bibliography - Jonathan Wright, Faulkner University, USA
Appendix: Teaching, Curriculum and Learning - Julie Sutherland, University of British Columbia, Canada
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'At once intellectually stimulating and genuinely useful, The Seventeenth-Century Literature Handbook is an invaluable resource: a faithful and accessible guide to the period's significant texts and literary approaches. Meticulously edited and thoughtfully organized, the Handbook is suitable for beginning and advanced students alike, offering both an introduction to the study of seventeenth-century English literature and a sophisticated survey of key concepts and contexts.' - Claude J. Summers, William E. Stirton Professor Emeritus, Humanities University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
