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Scott Oldenburg - Alien Albion - 9781442647190 - V9781442647190
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Alien Albion

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Description for Alien Albion Alien Albion challenges assumptions about the origins of English national identity and the importance of religious, class, and local identities in the early modern era. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.

Using both canonical and underappreciated texts, Alien Albion argues that early modern England was far less unified and xenophobic than literary critics have previously suggested. Juxtaposing literary texts from the period with legal, religious, and economic documents, Scott Oldenburg uncovers how immigrants to England forged ties with their English hosts and how those relationships were reflected in literature that imagined inclusive, multicultural communities.

Through discussions of civic pageantry, the plays of dramatists including William Shakespeare, Thomas Dekker, and Thomas Middleton, the poetry of Anne Dowriche, and the prose of Thomas Deloney, Alien Albion challenges assumptions about the origins of English ... Read more

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Product Details

Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442647190
SKU
V9781442647190
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-11

About Scott Oldenburg
Scott Oldenburg is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Tulane University.

Reviews for Alien Albion
‘Highly recommended.’
J.D. Sharpe
Choice vol 52:08:2015
‘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
‘Oldenburg presents a solid balance of primary ... Read more

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