1611: Authority, Gender, and the Word in Early Modern England explores issues of authority, gender, and language within and across the variety of literary works produced in one of most landmark years in literary and cultural history.
Represents an exploration of a year in the textual life of early modern England
Juxtaposes the variety and range of texts that were published, performed, read, or heard in the same year, 1611
Offers an account of the textual culture of the year 1611, the environment of language, and the ideas from which the Authorised Version of...
1611: Authority, Gender, and the Word in Early Modern England explores issues of authority, gender, and language within and across the variety ...
During a period when writing was often the only form of self-expression for women, Her Own Life contains extracts from the autobiographical texts of twelve seventeenth-century women addressing a wide range of issues central to their lives.
During a period when writing was often the only form of self-expression for women, Her Own Life contains extracts from the autobiogra...
George Herbert (1593-1633) is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet in the English language. His profound influence can be seen in the lasting popularity of his verse. This selection of one hundred lyric poems by Herbert is designed for readers to enjoy the beauty, spirituality, accessibility and humanity of his best verse. Each poem uses the authoritative text from the acclaimed Cambridge edition of Herbert's poems, presenting them in their original spelling in a clear and elegant format. The selection includes such well-loved lyric verses as 'Love bade me welcome', 'Let all the...
George Herbert (1593-1633) is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet in the English language. His profound influence can be seen in the lasti...