Privacy in the Age of Shakespeare
Ronald Huebert
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Hardback. In Privacy in the Age of Shakespeare, Ronald Huebert challenges these assumptions by marshalling evidence that it was in Shakespeare's time that the idea of privacy went from a marginal notion to a desirable quality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
For at least a generation, scholars have asserted that privacy barely existed in the early modern era. The divide between the public and private was vague, they say, and the concept, if it was acknowledged, was rarely valued. In Privacy in the Age of Shakespeare, Ronald Huebert challenges these assumptions by marshalling evidence that it was in Shakespeare’s time that the idea of privacy went from a marginal notion to a desirable quality.
The era of transition begins with More’s Utopia (1516), in which privacy is forbidden. It ends with Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667), in which privacy is a good ... Read more
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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442647916
SKU
V9781442647916
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99-11
About Ronald Huebert
Ronald Huebert is a professor in the Department of English at Dalhousie University and Carnegie Professor at the University of King’s College.
Reviews for Privacy in the Age of Shakespeare
‘Highly recommended.’
F.L. Den
Choice Magazine vol 54:02:2016
‘Ronald Huebert’s impressive book offers a welcome counter weight to many studies (recent and forthcoming) on various aspects of publicity, sociality, and material embeddedness in the Renaissance.’
Kevin Curran
Studies in English Literature (SEL) vol 57:02:2017
‘The close reading practices that are deployed through the book ... Read more
F.L. Den
Choice Magazine vol 54:02:2016
‘Ronald Huebert’s impressive book offers a welcome counter weight to many studies (recent and forthcoming) on various aspects of publicity, sociality, and material embeddedness in the Renaissance.’
Kevin Curran
Studies in English Literature (SEL) vol 57:02:2017
‘The close reading practices that are deployed through the book ... Read more