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Book SynopsisAlien Albionchallenges assumptions about the origins of English national identity and the importance of religious, class, and local identities in the early modern era.
Trade Review'Oldenburg presents a solid balance of primary and secondary historical sources in his overall analysis of English cultural adaptation to immigration, as well as engaging with relevant literary scholarship.' -- Roger A. Ladd Sixteenth Century Journal, vol 46:01:2016 'Alien Albion not only tenders a thoughtful and engaging study of the various paradigms surrounding multicultural communities, but it also offers a timely and important contribution to studies of immigration in early modern literature.' -- Ruben Espinosa Renaissance Quarterly vol 69:01:2016 'Alien Albion is a welcome and timely contribution, urging us to rethink the critical predominance of early modern nationhood.' -- Madeline Bassnett Renaissance and Reformation vol 38:03:2015 'Highly recommended.' -- J.D. Sharpe Choice vol 52:08:2015
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Forms of Multiculturalism in Early Modern England I. Sectarian Inclusivity Chapter 1. From the Dutch Acrobat to Hance Beerpot: Multicultural Mid-Tudor England. Chapter 2. The Rhetoric of Religious Refuge Under Elizabeth I II. Provincial Globalism Chapter 3. Artisanal Tolerance: The Case of Thomas Deloney Chapter 4. Language and Labor in Thomas Dekker's Provincial Globalism III. Worldly Domesticity Chapter 5. The "Jumbled" City: The Dutch Courtesan and Englishmen for My Money Chapter 6. Shakespeare, the Foreigner Conclusion: The Return of Hans Beer-Pot Bibliography
