the cambridge history of EARLY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE Thisisthefirstfull-scalehistoryofearlymodernEnglishliteratureinnearlya century.ItoffersnewperspectivesonEnglishliteratureproducedinBritain betweentheReformationandtheRestoration.Whileprovidingthegeneral coverageandspecificinformationexpectedofamajorhistory,itstwenty- sixchaptersaddressrecentmethodologicalandinterpretivedevelopments inEnglishliterarystudies.Thebookhasfivesections:‘ModesandMeansof LiteraryProduction,CirculationandReception’,‘TheTudorErafromthe ReformationtoElizabethI’,‘TheEraofElizabethandJamesVI’,‘TheEarlier StuartEra’and‘TheCivilWarandCommonwealthEra’.WhileEngland istheprincipalfocus,literaryproductioninScotland,IrelandandWalesis treated,asareothersubjectslessfrequentlyexaminedinprevioushistories, includingwomen’swritingsandtheliteratureoftheEnglishReformation andRevolution.Thisinnovativelydesignedhistoryisanessentialresource forspecialistsandstudents. david loewenstein is Marjorie and Lorin Tiefenthaler Professor of EnglishattheUniversityofWisconsin,Madison.Heistheauthorof Repre- sentingRevolutioninMiltonandhisContemporaries:Religion,Politics,andPolemics inRadicalPuritanism(Cambridge,2001),Milton:ParadiseLost(Cambridge, 1993)andMiltonandtheDramaofHistory:HistoricalVision,Iconoclasm,andthe LiteraryImagination(Cambridge,1990).Hehasalsoco-editedPolitics,Poetics, andHermeneuticsinMilton’sProse(Cambridge,1990). janel mueller is William Rainey Harper Professor, Department of EnglishandtheCollege,attheUniversityofChicago,wheresheiscurrently DeanoftheDivisionoftheHumanities.SheistheauthorofDonne’sPrebend Sermons(1971)andTheNativeTongueandtheWord:DevelopmentsinEnglish ProseStyle,1380–1580(1984).Morerecentlyshehaspublishedontopicsin religionandliteratureandonearlierEnglishwomenauthors. the new cambridge history of ENGLISHLITERATURE TheNewCambridgeHistoryofEnglishLiteratureisaprogrammeofrefer- enceworksdesignedtoofferabroadsynthesisandcontextualsurveyofthe historyofEnglishliteraturethroughthemajorperiodsofitsdevelopment. Theorganisationofeachvolumereflectstheparticularcharacteristicsofthe periodcovered,withinageneralcommitmenttoprovidinganaccessiblenar- rativehistorythroughalinkedsequenceofessaysbyinternationallyrenowned scholars.TheHistoryisdesignedtoaccommodatetherangeofinsightsand freshperspectivesbroughtbynewapproachestothesubject,withoutlosing sight of the need for essential exposition and information. The volumes includevaluablereferencefeatures,intheformofachronologyofliterary and politicalevents, extensive primaryand secondarybibliographiesand afullindex. TheCambridgeHistoryofMedievalEnglishLiterature edited by david wallace TheCambridgeHistoryofEarlyModernEnglishLiterature edited by david loewenstein and janel mueller TheCambridgeHistoryofEnglishLiterature1660–1780 edited by john richetti TheCambridgeHistoryofTwentieth-CenturyEnglishLiterature edited by laura marcus and peter nicholls inpreparation TheCambridgeHistoryofEnglishRomanticLiterature edited by james chandler TheCambridgeHistoryofVictorianLiterature edited by kate flint THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE edited by DAVID LOEWENSTEIN AND JANEL MUELLER publishedbythepresssyndicateoftheuniversityofcambridge ThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom cambridge university press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,uk 40West20thStreet,NewYork,ny10011-4211,usa 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia RuizdeAlarco´n13,28014Madrid,Spain DockHouse,TheWaterfront,CapeTown8001,SouthAfrica http://www.cambridge.org (cid:2) C CambridgeUniversityPress2002 Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2002 Firstpaperbackeditionpublished2006 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge TypefaceRenard29.5/12.75pt SystemLATEX2ε [tb] AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary isbn-13 9780521631563hardback isbn-10 0521631564hardback isbn-13 9780521684996paperback isbn-10 0521684994paperback Contents Listofcontributors x Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1 david loewenstein janel mueller and 1 MODES AND MEANS OF LITERARY PRODUCTION, CIRCULATION AND RECEPTION 1 (cid:2)Literacy,societyandeducation 15 kenneth charlton margaret spufford and 2 (cid:2)Manuscripttransmissionandcirculation 55 harold love arthur f. marotti and 3 (cid:2)Print,literarycultureandthebooktrade 81 david scott kastan 4 (cid:2)Literarypatronage 117 graham parry 5 (cid:2)Languagesofearlymodernliterature inBritain 141 paula blank 6 (cid:2)Habitsofreadingandearlymodern literaryculture 170 steven n. zwicker [vii] viii Contents 2 THE TUDOR ERA FROM THE REFORMATION TO ELIZABETH I 7 (cid:2)Literatureandnationalidentity 201 david loades 8 (cid:2)Literatureandthecourt 229 william a. sessions 9 (cid:2)Literatureandthechurch 257 janel mueller 3 THE ERA OF ELIZABETH AND JAMES VI 10 (cid:2)Literatureandnationalidentity 313 claire mceachern 11 (cid:2)Literatureandthecourt 343 catherine bates 12 (cid:2)Literatureandthechurch 374 patrick collinson 13 (cid:2)LiteratureandLondon 399 lawrence manley 14 (cid:2)Literatureandthetheatre 428 david bevington 4 THE EARLIER STUART ERA 15 (cid:2)Literatureandnationalidentity 459 johann p. sommerville 16 (cid:2)Literatureandthecourt 487 leah s. marcus 17 (cid:2)Literatureandthechurch 512 debora shuger Contents ix 18 (cid:2)LiteratureandLondon 544 thomas n. corns 19 (cid:2)Literatureandthetheatreto1660 565 martin butler 20 (cid:2)Literatureandthehousehold 603 barbara k. lewalski 5 THE CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH ERA 21 (cid:2)Literatureandnationalidentity 633 derek hirst 22 (cid:2)Literatureandreligion 664 david loewenstein john morrill and 23 (cid:2)LiteratureandLondon 714 nigel smith 24 (cid:2)Literatureandthehousehold 737 helen wilcox 25 (cid:2)Alternativesitesforliterature 763 joshua scodel 26 (cid:2)FromRevolutiontoRestorationinEnglish literaryculture 790 james grantham turner ChronologicaloutlineofhistoricaleventsandtextsinBritain, 1528–1674,withlistofselectedmanuscripts 834 rebecca lemon Selectbibliography(primaryandsecondarysources) 879 Index 965