Chastity in early Stuart literature and culture / Bonnie Lander Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lander, Bonnie, 1977- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

Chastity in literature.

Sex in literature.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Literature and society.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--17th century.

History.

Great Britain.

English literature--Early modern.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 194 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"In this book, Bonnie Lander Johnson explores early modern ideas of chastity, demonstrating how crucial early Stuart thinking on chastity was to political, medical, theological and moral debates, and that it was also a virtue that governed the construction of different literary genres. Drawing on a range of materials, from prose to theatre, theological controversy to legal trials, and court ceremonies - including royal birthing rituals - Lander Johnson unearths previously unrecognised opinions about chastity. She reveals that early Stuart theatrical and court ceremonies were part of the same political debate as prose pamphlets and religious sermons. The volume also offers new readings of Milton's Comus, Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Henrietta Maria's queenship and John Ford's plays. It will appeal to scholars of early modern literature, theatre, political, medical and cultural history, and gender studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Unchastity in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Caroline court performance and theological dispute

Chastity, medical controversy and the theatre of John Ford

Chastity, William Harvey's demonstrations and court ceremony

Marian chastity: Caroline masques and Henrietta Maria's chaste births

Protestant chastity: the language of resistance in Milton's 'A Maske' and A Maske.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781107130128

1107130123

9781107570573

1107570573

OCLC:

911617916

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