The first book-length literary history of some of early modern Europe's most influential carceral institutions, including England's BridewellMore than 250 years before the rise of the modern penitentiary, houses of correction pioneered the use of forced labor and individualized sentences within institutions of confinement, promoting reform and the "e;hope of amendment"e; for every individual.
The first book-length literary history of some of early modern Europe's most influential carceral institutions, including England's BridewellMore than 250 years before the rise of the modern penitentiary, houses of correction pioneered the use of forced labor and individualized sentences within institutions of confinement, promoting reform and the "e;hope of amendment"e; for every individual.
In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript culture that uses the artifacts themselves to open some of the most vital theoretical questions in medieval literary studies.
Traces the development of media concepts across scientific, legal, and devotional knowledge domains to offer a coherent theory of premodern mediaWere there media before the printing press?
Traces the development of media concepts across scientific, legal, and devotional knowledge domains to offer a coherent theory of premodern mediaWere there media before the printing press?
In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript culture that uses the artifacts themselves to open some of the most vital theoretical questions in medieval literary studies.
La introducció de la impremta en la península Ibèrica s'ha lligat tradicionalment a la publicació de les 'Obres o trobes en llaors de la Verge Maria' (1474) a València, ciutat que té l'honor d'haver imprés el primer llibre en llengua romànica de tota la península.
This study of ludic literary society in sixteenth-century France addresses Italianate practices of philosophical and literary sociability as they took root there.
The Female Baroque in Early Modern English Literary Culture is a contribution to the revival of early modern women's writings and cultural production in English that began in the 1980s.
This study of ludic literary society in sixteenth-century France addresses Italianate practices of philosophical and literary sociability as they took root there.
As the long sixteenth century came to a close, new positive ideas of gusto/ taste opened a rich counter vision of food and taste where material practice, sensory perceptions and imagination contended with traditional social values, morality, and dietetic/medical discourse.
As the long sixteenth century came to a close, new positive ideas of gusto/ taste opened a rich counter vision of food and taste where material practice, sensory perceptions and imagination contended with traditional social values, morality, and dietetic/medical discourse.
The Female Baroque in Early Modern English Literary Culture is a contribution to the revival of early modern women's writings and cultural production in English that began in the 1980s.
This book highlights the stories of women from premodern history and literature through models of adaptations, retellings, and criticism such as poems, plays, and essays.
This book highlights the stories of women from premodern history and literature through models of adaptations, retellings, and criticism such as poems, plays, and essays.
