This volume convenes eight noted scholars with varied positions at the interface of formal and historical literary criticism. The editors’ introduction—a fa
Emphasizing the significance of early modern prose fiction as a hybrid genre that absorbed cultural, ideological and historical strands of the age, this fascina
Providing comprehensive background material on the contexts in which early modern literary texts were produced and consumed, this work unlocks the distinctive s
The twelve essays gathered in this work are on the literature of the early modern period in honor of S. K. Heninger, Jr., professor emeritus of English at the U