Literary circles and cultural communities in Renaissance England / edited by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Summers, Claude J.

Pebworth, Ted-Larry

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Conference Name:

Renaissance Conference (13th : 1998 : University of Michigan--Dearborn)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism--Congresses.

English literature.

Literature and society--England--History--17th century--Congresses.

Literature and society.

Authors, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography--Congresses.

Authors, English.

Social interaction--England--History--17th century--Congresses.

Social interaction.

Community life--England--History--17th century--Congresses.

Community life.

Communities in literature--Congresses.

Communities in literature.

Social interaction in literature--Congresses.

Social interaction in literature.

Renaissance--England--Congresses.

Renaissance.

Intellectual life.

History.

England--Intellectual life--17th century--Congresses.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 243 pages : facsimiles ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2000]

Summary:

Although the literary circle is widely recognized as a significant feature of Renaissance literary culture, it has received remarkably little examination. In this collection of essays, the authors attempt to explain literary circles and cultural communities in Renaissance England by exploring both actual and imaginary ways in which they were conceived and the various needs they fulfilled. The book also pays considerable attention to larger theoretical issues relating to literary circles.

The essayists raise important questions about the extent to which literary circles were actual constructs or fictional creations. Whether illuminating or limiting, the circle metaphor itself can be extended or reformulated. Some of the authors discuss how particular circles actually operated, and some question the very concept of the literary circle. Literary Circles and Cultural Communities in Renaissance England will be an important addition to seventeenth-century studies.

Notes:

"The original, abbreviated versions of the essays collected here were presented at the thirteenth biennial Renaissance conference at University of Michigan--Dearborn, October 15-17, 1998"--P. 3.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0826213170

OCLC:

45066170