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James VI of Scotland and I of England participated in the
burgeoning literary culture of the Renaissance, not only as a
monarch and patron, but as an author in his own right, publishing
extensively in a number of different genres over four decades. As
the first monograph devoted to James as an author, this book offers
a fresh perspective on his reigns in Scotland and England, and also
on the inter-relationship of authorship and authority, literature
and politics in the Renaissance. Beginning with the poetry he wrote
in Scotland in the 1580s, it moves through a wide range of his
writings in other genres, including scriptural exegeses, political,
social and theological treatises and printed speeches, concluding
with his manuscript poetry of the early 1620s. The book combines
extensive primary research into the preparation, material form and
circulation of these varied writings, with theoretically informed
consideration of the relationship between authors, texts and
readers. The discussion thus explores James's responses to, and
interventions in, a range of literary, political and religious
debates, and reveals the development of his aims and concerns as an
author. Rickard argues that, despite the King's best efforts to the
contrary, his writings expose the tensions and contradictions
between authorship and authority. This book will be of interest to
scholars and students of the reign of James VI and I, the literary
and political cultures of late sixteenth-century Scotland and early
seventeenth-century England, the development of notions of
authorship and the relationship between literature and politics. --
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This collection of essays is part of a new phase in Shakespeare
studies. The traditional view of Shakespeare is that he was a man
of the theater who showed no interest in the printing of his plays,
producing works that are only fully realized in performance. This
view has recently been challenged by critics, arguing that
Shakespeare was a literary "poet-playwright," concerned with his
readers as well as his audiences. "Shakespeare's Book" offers a
vital contribution to this critical debate, and examines its wider
implications for how we conceive of Shakespeare and his works.
Bringing together an impressive group of international Shakespeare
scholars, the volume explores both Shakespeare's relationship with
actual printers, patrons, and readers, and the representation of
writing, reading, and print within his works themselves.
Bringing together leading Jonson scholars, Ben Jonson and Posterity
provides new insights into this remarkable writer's reception and
legacy over four centuries. Jonson was recognised as the
outstanding English writer of his day and has had a powerful
influence on later generations, yet his reputation is one of the
most multifaceted and conflicted for any writer of the early modern
period. The volume brings together multiple critical perspectives,
addressing book history, the practice of reading, theatrical
influence and adaptation, the history of performance, cultural
representation in portraiture, film, fiction, and anecdotes to
interrogate Jonson's 'myth'. The collection will be of great
interest to all Jonson scholars, as well as having a wider appeal
among early modern literary scholars, theatre historians, and
scholars interested in intertextuality and reception from the
Renaissance to the present day.
Bringing together leading Jonson scholars, Ben Jonson and Posterity
provides new insights into this remarkable writer's reception and
legacy over four centuries. Jonson was recognised as the
outstanding English writer of his day and has had a powerful
influence on later generations, yet his reputation is one of the
most multifaceted and conflicted for any writer of the early modern
period. The volume brings together multiple critical perspectives,
addressing book history, the practice of reading, theatrical
influence and adaptation, the history of performance, cultural
representation in portraiture, film, fiction, and anecdotes to
interrogate Jonson's 'myth'. The collection will be of great
interest to all Jonson scholars, as well as having a wider appeal
among early modern literary scholars, theatre historians, and
scholars interested in intertextuality and reception from the
Renaissance to the present day.
King James VI and I's extensive publications and the responses they
met played a key role in the literary culture of Jacobean England.
This book is the first sustained study of how James's subjects
commented upon, appropriated and reworked these royal writings.
Jane Rickard highlights the vitality of such responses across
genres - including poetry, court masque, sermon, polemic and drama
- and in the different media of performance, manuscript and print.
The book focuses in particular on Jonson, Donne and Shakespeare,
arguing that these major authors responded in illuminatingly
contrasting ways to James's claims as an author-king, made
especially creative uses of the opportunities that his publications
afforded and helped to inspire some of what the King in turn wrote.
Their literary responses reveal that royal writing enabled a
significant reimagining of the relationship between ruler and
ruled. This volume will interest researchers and advanced students
of Renaissance literature and history.
King James VI and I's extensive publications and the responses they
met played a key role in the literary culture of Jacobean England.
This book is the first sustained study of how James's subjects
commented upon, appropriated and reworked these royal writings.
Jane Rickard highlights the vitality of such responses across
genres - including poetry, court masque, sermon, polemic and drama
- and in the different media of performance, manuscript and print.
The book focuses in particular on Jonson, Donne and Shakespeare,
arguing that these major authors responded in illuminatingly
contrasting ways to James's claims as an author-king, made
especially creative uses of the opportunities that his publications
afforded and helped to inspire some of what the King in turn wrote.
Their literary responses reveal that royal writing enabled a
significant reimagining of the relationship between ruler and
ruled. This volume will interest researchers and advanced students
of Renaissance literature and history.
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