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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Linda Woodbridge |
ISBN: | 0252026330 9780252026331 |
OCLC Number: | 44681688 |
Description: | 338 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Death by lack of cherishing : vagrancy and the work of Thomas Harman -- Holiness and homelessness, or, Joke books and the English Reformation -- More matter for mirth : humanism against the homeless -- Homelessness on the home front : monarchy, nation building, and domesticity -- Policing the boundaries of shame : hygiene, civility, and homelessness -- Lear, the homeless king. |
Responsibility: | Linda Woodbridge. |
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"Well written, with notes and appendixes summarizing historical conclusions and the jest-book tradition. Must reading for all students of English Renaissance culture and literature, the volume will also interest anyone with concerns about present-day poverty and social institutions." -- Choice "It is the range of materials assembled here that makes [Woodbridge's] case at once startling and convincing. The study, never dispassionate, is beautifully and forcefully written: fresh observations appear on every page." -- Arthur F. Kinney, Renaissance Quarterly "A lively blend of material history, literary interpretation, and social conscience. This volume provides a masterful survey of the vast historical literature on the subjects of early modern vagrancy, poverty, disease, famine, criminality, justice, legislation, and charity. It brings these subjects together with Renaissance jest-book literature, achieving a finely nuanced understanding of the curious and uneasy tone with which Renaissance society approached its social ills--and finding a vigorous new way of reading King Lear." -- Lena Orlin, editor of Material London, ca. 1600 "Linda Woodbridge's is a voice of powerful and often moving compassion. She brings together here a profound understanding of the social conditions of the poor, wide reading in texts throughout the sixteenth century, and an acute capacity to illuminate even the most familiar literary texts. Her work on King Lear -- an essential text throughout her study -- is particularly noteworthy. This book will move as well as enlighten its readers." -- William C. Carroll, author of Fat King, Lean Beggar: Representations of Poverty in the Age of Shakespeare Read more...


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