The Self in Early Modern Literature: For the Common Good

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The Self in Early Modern Literature Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies General Editor: Albert C. Labriola Advisory Editor: Foster Provost Editorial Board: Judith H. Anderson Diana Treviño Benet Donald Cheney Ann Baynes Coiro Mary T. Crane Patrick Cullen A.C. Hamilton Margaret P. Hannay A. Kent Hieatt Michael Lieb Thomas P. Roche Jr. Mary Beth Rose John T. Shawcross John M. Steadman Humphrey Tonkin Susanne Woods Copyright © 2007 Duquesne University Press All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by Duquesne University Press 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282 No part of this book may be used or reproduced, in any manner or form whatsoever, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of short quotations in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Sherwood, Terry G. (Terry Grey), 1936– The self in early modern literature : for the common good / Terry G. Sherwood. p. cm. — (Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies) Summary: “Responding to the debate stimulated by cultural materialist and new historicist claims that the early modern self was fragmented by forces in Elizabethan England, Sherwood argues that the self was capable of unified subjectivity, demonstrating that the intersection of Protestant vocation and Christian civic humanism was a stabilizing factor in the early modern construction of self” — Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN-13: 978–0–8207–0395–4 (acid-free paper) ISBN-10: 0–8207–0395–8 (acid-free paper) 1. English literature — Early modern, 1500–1700 — History and criticism. 2. Self in literature. 3. Common good. 4. Renaissance — England. 5. England — Intellectual life — 16th century. 6. England — Intellectual life — 17th century. I. Title. II. Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies. PR428.S45S54 2007 820’.9384 — dc22 2006039055 To Nancy First eBook edition, 2011 ISBN 978-0-8207-0513-2 ...