Renaissance Tropologies: The Cultural Imagination of Early Modern England

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Copyright © 2008 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 Renaissance tropologies : the cultural imagination of early modern England / edited by Jeanne Shami. p. cm. — (Medieval and Renaissance literary studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “Twelve essays by Renaissance scholars extend the theoretical analysis and application of four tropes — theater, moment, journey, and ambassadorship — in examining works by Shakespeare, Donne, and others as a way of providing access into the thought and worldview of early modern England”—Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-8207-0409-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. English literature—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism. 2. Figures of speech in literature. 3. Rhetoric, Renaissance—England. 4. Language and culture— England—History—16th century. 5. Language and culture—England—History—17th century. 6. England—Civilization—16th century. 7. England—Civilization—l7th century. 8. Literature and history—England—History—16th century. 9. Literature and history— England—History—17th century. I. Shami, Jeanne. II. Series. PR428.H57R47 2008 820.9’003—dc22 2008032012 ISBN 978-0-8207-0509-5 First eBook edition, 2011 To be near Gale, which I was for some dozen years with my office next door to his, was to have one’s mind sharpened and focused as if by some invisible field; it was certainly to have one’s learned vocabulary enlarged. But the focus I am speaking of is to be directed toward the matter at hand—our work as scholars and colleagues and how we can make it more distinguished, more effective, more just, better. This is a wonderful ideal. But to have known this ideal embodied in someone makes me believe it is possible for us all to carry it out, and proud, especially, to have been around to witness this ideal in action, in Gale Carrithers, without whom we now find ourselves—in some measure—“un-Donne.” —Bainard Cowan Jim Zietz, LSU Public Affairs For Gale Carrithers ...