Center or Margin: Revisions of English Renaissance Literature - Leeds Barroll Honorary Volume (Apple-Zimmerman Early Modern Culture Series) | Academic Research & Renaissance Studies

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In four sections, each devoted to a theme pursued by American Shakespeare scholar Barroll during his career, 12 essays by English literature scholars explore both central and marginal aspects of the English Renaissance. Among their topics are the violence of cultural incorporation in The Merchant of Venice, spaces of treason in Tudor England, charisma and institution-building in Shakespeare's second tetralogy, and the optical technologies of personal reality enhancement. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)