Companion to the Global Renaissance
Jyotsna G. . Ed(S): Singh
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Paperback. This exciting new Companion explores the interactions between Europe and other peoples of both the New and Old worlds during the English Renaissance, and their effect on the literature, culture, art, and history of the period. Editor(s): Singh, Jyotsna G. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 648.
Featuring twenty one newly-commissioned essays, A Companion to the Global Renaissance: English Literature and Culture in the Era of Expansion demonstrates how today's globalization is the result of a complex and lengthy historical process that had its roots in England's mercantile and cross-cultural interactions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Featuring twenty one newly-commissioned essays, A Companion to the Global Renaissance: English Literature and Culture in the Era of Expansion demonstrates how today's globalization is the result of a complex and lengthy historical process that had its roots in England's mercantile and cross-cultural interactions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- An innovative collection that interrogates the global paradigm of our period and offers a new history of globalization by exploring its influences on English culture and literature of the early modern period.
- Moves beyond traditional notions of Renaissance history mainly as a revival of antiquity and presents a new perspective ... Read more
- Illustrates how twentieth-century globalization was the result of a lengthy and complex historical process linked to the emergence of capitalism and colonialism
- Explores vital topics such as East-West relations and Islam; visual representations of cultural 'others'; gender and race struggles within the new economies and cultures; global drama on the cosmopolitan English stage, and many more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118438800
SKU
V9781118438800
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About Jyotsna G. . Ed(S): Singh
Jyotsna G. Singh is a Professor at Michigan State University, where she teaches early modern literature and culture, post-colonial theory, translation studies, and gender and race studies. Her published works include Colonial Narratives/Cultural Dialogues: 'Discovery' of India in the Language of Colonialism (1996); The Weyward Sisters: Shakespeare and Feminist Politics (co-authored, with Dympna Callaghan and Lorraine Helms, 1994); and Travel Knowledge: European 'Discoveries' in the Early Modern ... Read more
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