{"product_id":"1611-9781405193917","title":"1611","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1611: Authority, Gender, and the Word in Early Modern England\u003c\/i\u003e explores issues of authority, gender, and language within and across the variety of literary works produced in one of most landmark years in literary and cultural history.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents an exploration of a year in the textual life of early modern England\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJuxtaposes the variety and range of texts that were published, performed, read, or heard in the same year, 1611\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an account of the textual culture of the year 1611, the environment of language, and the ideas from which the Authorised Version of the English Bible emerged\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations Chronology of Selected Historical, Cultural and Textual Events in 1611\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: ‘The omnipotency of the word’ 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Jonson’s Oberon and friends: masque and music in 1611 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Aemilia Lanyer and the ‘first fruits’ of women’s wit 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Coryats Crudities and the ‘travelling Wonder’ of the age 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Time, tyrants and the question of authority: The Winter’s Tale and related drama 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 ‘Expresse words’: Lancelot Andrewes and the sermons and devotions of 1611 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Roaring Girl on and off stage 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 ‘The new world of words’: authorising translation in 1611 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Donne’s ‘Anatomy’ and the commemoration of women: ‘her death hath taught us dearly’ 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Vengeance and virtue: The Tempest and the triumph of tragicomedy 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: ‘This scribling age’ 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: A List of Printed Texts Published in 1611 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 244\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407927288151,"sku":"9781405193917","price":58.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405193917.jpg?v=1730500983","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/1611-9781405193917","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}