
Alien Albion
Literature and Immigration in Early Modern England
Scott Oldenburg(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 21. October 2014
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-4426-4719-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 national identity and the importance of religious, class, and local identities in the early modern era.
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 national identity and the importance of religious, class, and local identities in the early modern era.
Reviews / Votes
'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 and secondary historical sources in his overall analysis of English cultural adaptation to immigration, as well as engaging with relevant literary scholarship.'
- Roger A. Ladd (Sixteenth Century Journal, vol 46:01:2016) 'Alien Albion is a welcome and timely contribution, urging us to rethink the critical predominance of early modern nationhood.'
- Madeline Bassnett (Renaissance and Reformation vol 38:03:2015)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-4719-0 (9781442647190)
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Person
Scott Oldenburg is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Tulane University.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Forms of Multiculturalism in Early Modern England
I. Sectarian Inclusivity
Chapter 1. From the Dutch Acrobat to Hance Beerpot: Multicultural Mid-Tudor England.
Chapter 2. The Rhetoric of Religious Refuge Under Elizabeth I
II. Provincial Globalism
Chapter 3. Artisanal Tolerance: The Case of Thomas Deloney
Chapter 4. Language and Labor in Thomas Dekker's Provincial Globalism
III. Worldly Domesticity
Chapter 5. The "Jumbled" City: The Dutch Courtesan and Englishmen for My Money
Chapter 6. Shakespeare, the Foreigner
Conclusion: The Return of Hans Beer-Pot
Bibliography
Introduction: Forms of Multiculturalism in Early Modern England
I. Sectarian Inclusivity
Chapter 1. From the Dutch Acrobat to Hance Beerpot: Multicultural Mid-Tudor England.
Chapter 2. The Rhetoric of Religious Refuge Under Elizabeth I
II. Provincial Globalism
Chapter 3. Artisanal Tolerance: The Case of Thomas Deloney
Chapter 4. Language and Labor in Thomas Dekker's Provincial Globalism
III. Worldly Domesticity
Chapter 5. The "Jumbled" City: The Dutch Courtesan and Englishmen for My Money
Chapter 6. Shakespeare, the Foreigner
Conclusion: The Return of Hans Beer-Pot
Bibliography