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Andrew Bennett argues in this fascinating book that ignorance is part of the narrative and poetic force of literature and is an important aspect of its thematic focus: ignorance is what literary texts are about. He sees that the dominant conception of literature since the Romantic period involves an often unacknowledged engagement with the experience of not knowing. From Wordsworth and Keats to George Eliot and Charles Dickens, from Henry James to Joseph Conrad, from Elizabeth Bowen to Philip Roth and Seamus Heaney, writers have been fascinated and compelled by the question of ignorance, inclu

English literature --- Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Literature --- Literature: History & Criticism --- LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays --- Literary essays --- Romantic period. --- agnoiology. --- democracy. --- ethical. --- ignorance. --- literary texts. --- literature. --- narrative force. --- not knowing. --- poetics.

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"Same-sex desire in early modern England, 1550-1735: An anthology of literary texts and contexts is a collection of English texts dealing with same-sex erotic love, relationships, desires and sexual acts. Recent scholarship has explored extensively the nature and representation of early modern homoerotic relationships and sexual acts, but this anthology is the first devoted to their literary and non-literary representations in this crucial period when conceptions about sexuality and identity generally underwent massive change. Carefully annotated, introduced, and contextualized with selections from texts in several early modern disciplines - such as theology, medicine, and the law - the anthology's literary works come from a wide variety of genres. There are extensive selections from works in translation, drama, romance, fiction, poetry, and essays, focusing on a balance between the period's well-known homoerotic works, such as Shakespeare's Sonnets, and those which have remained much more obscure, such as Catherine Trotter's heroic drama Agnes de Castro. The anthology includes an online companion, offering further primary texts, brief interpretive essays, and an up-to-date bibliography.The selection of works from many different disciplines and genres makes Same-sex desire in early modern England, 1550-1735 ideal for use in undergraduate courses in the areas of English literature, history, and gender studies. It offers graduate students and academics provocative intersections between canonical and non-canonical literary texts, and the general reader a perhaps unexpectedly rich tradition of texts both celebrating as well as condemning same-sex erotic love." -- Page 4 of cover. "Balancing long-overlooked and well-known works from early modern England, Same-sex desire in early modern England, 1550–1735: An anthology of literary texts and contexts is a collection of English texts about homoerotic love, relationships, desires, and sexual acts. The anthology’s core texts are selections from works of drama, fiction, romance, poetry, essays and translation. These core texts are carefully introduced and annotated, and supplemented with illuminating contextual material from other early modern disciplines such as law, medicine, and theology. Juxtaposing literary and non-literary representations of same-sex erotic desire, this anthology explores a rich tradition of works both celebrating and condemning same-sex erotic love, focusing on a balance between the period’s well-known homoerotic works, such as Shakespeare’s Sonnets, and those which have remained much more obscure, such as Catherine Trotter’s heroic drama Agnes de Castro."--

Homosexuality in literature. --- English literature --- Homosexuality --- Agnes de Castro. --- Canon law. --- Catherine Trotter. --- Christian theology. --- Greek texts. --- James I. --- Latin texts. --- Turkish seraglio. --- William Shakespeare. --- criminal pamphlets. --- early modern England. --- homo-sexual subculture. --- homoerotic sexuality. --- literary texts. --- pseudo-medical writings. --- religious writings. --- renaissance. --- same-sex erotic relationships. --- travel writings. --- tribadism.

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The legend of Arthur has been a source of fascination for writers and artists in English since the fifteenth century, when Thomas Malory drew together for the first time in English a variety of Arthurian stories from a number of sources to form the Morte Darthur. It increased in popularity during the Victorian era, when after Tennyson's treatment of the legend, not only authors and dramatists, but painters, musicians, and film-makers found a source of inspiration in the Arthurian material.
This interdisciplinary, annotated bibliography lists the Arthurian legend in modern English-language fiction, from 1500 to 2000, including literary texts, film, television, music, visual art, and games. It will prove an invaluable source of reference for students of literary and visual arts, general readers, collectors, librarians, and cultural historians--indeed, by anyone interested in the history of the ways in which Camelot has figured in post-medieval English-speaking cultures.

ANN F. HOWEY is Assistant Professor at Brock University, Canada; STEPHEN R. REIMER is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada

Arthurian romances --- Arthur, --- In literature --- 82-39 --- Graallegende; Arthurroman --- 82-39 Graallegende; Arthurroman --- English literature --- Authors, English --- Arturus, --- Artur, --- Arturo, --- Artus, --- Artù, --- Artús, --- Артур, --- Arzhur, --- Artuš, --- Αρθούρος, --- Arthouros, --- Arthur Pendragon --- Pendragon, Arthur --- Adha, --- 아서, --- 아서 왕 --- Asŏ, --- Asŏ Wang --- ארתור, --- Arthur Gernow --- Arthurus, --- Arturius, --- Arturs, --- Artūras, --- Artúr, --- アーサー, --- アーサー王 --- Āsā-ō --- Āsā, --- Èrthu, --- Arthwys, --- Art. --- Arthurian Legend. --- Camelot. --- English-Speaking Cultures. --- Film-Makers. --- Literary Texts. --- Modern Fiction. --- Music. --- Musicians. --- Painters. --- Television. --- Tennyson. --- Victorian Era.

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The essays collected here offer examinations of bibliographical matters, publishing practices, the illustration of texts in a variety of engraved media, little studied print culture genres, the critical and editorial fortunes of individual works, and the significance of the complex interrelationships that authors entertained with booksellers, publishers, and designers. They investigate how all these relationships affected the production of print commodities and how all the agents involved in the making of books contributed to the cultural literacy of readers and the formation of a canon of literary texts. Specific topics include a bibliographical study of Aphra Behn's 'Oroonoko' and its editions from its first publication to the present day; the illustrations of John Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress' and the ways in which the interpretive matrices of book illustration conditioned the afterlife and reception of Bunyan's work; the almanac and the subscription edition; publishing history, collecting, reading, and textual editing, especially of Robert Burns's poems and James Thomson's 'The Seasons'; the "printing for the author" practice; the illustrated and material existence of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels, and the Victorian periodical, 'The Athenaeum'. Sandro Jung is Research Professor of Early Modern British Literature and Director of the Centre for the Study of Text and Print Culture at Ghent University. Contributors: Gerard Carruthers, Nathalie Collé-Bak, Marysa Demoor, Alan Downie, Peter Garside, Sandro Jung, Brian Maidment, Laura L. Runge.

Book history --- English literature --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- 820 --- 76 <41> --- Engelse literatuur --- Grafische kunsten. Grafiek. Prentkunst--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Books --- Books and reading --- Printing --- History. --- Criticism, Textual. --- History --- 76 <41> Grafische kunsten. Grafiek. Prentkunst--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 820 Engelse literatuur --- 820 English literature. Literature in English --- English literature. Literature in English --- Literature publishing --- Literary publishing --- Literature --- Publishers and publishing --- Appraisal of books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Publishing --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Bibliographical matters. --- Critical and editorial fortunes. --- Cultural literacy. --- Engraved media. --- Literary texts. --- Print culture genres. --- Print culture. --- Publishing practices. --- Sandro Jung. --- Seventeenth to nineteenth century. --- British literature --- Prints, British. --- History and criticism.

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With co-editors: CAROLYN COLLETTE, MARYANNE KOWALESKI, LINNE MOONEY, AD PUTTER, and DAVID TROTTER. England was more widely and enduringly francophone in the middle ages than many standard accounts of its history, culture and language allow. The development of French in England, whether known as 'Anglo-Norman' or 'Anglo-French', is deeply interwoven both with medieval English and with the spectrum of Frenches, insular and continental, used within and outside the realm. As the language of nearly a thousand literary texts, of much administration, and of many professions and occupations, the French of England needs more attention than it has so far received. The essays in this volume form a new cultural history focussed round, but not confined to, the presence and interactions of French speakers, writers, readers, texts and documents in England from the eleventh to the later fifteenth century. Taking the French of England into account does not simply add new material to our existing narratives of medieval English culture, but changes them, restoring a multi-vocal, multi-cultural medieval England in all its complexity, and opening up fresh agendas for study and exploration. Contributors: HENRY BAINTON, MICHAEL BENNETT, JULIA BOFFEY, RICHARD BRITNELL, CAROLYN COLLETTE, GODFRIED CROENEN, HELEN DEEMING, STEPHANIE DOWNES, MARTHA DRIVER, MONICA H. GREEN, RICHARD INGHAM, REBECCA JUNE, MARYANNE KOWALESKI, PIERRE KUNSTMANN, FRANCOISE H. M. LE SAUX, SERGE LUSIGNAN, TIM WILLIAM MACHAN, JULIA MARVIN, BRIAN MERRILEES, RUTH NISSE, MARILYN OLIVA, W. MARK ORMROD, HEATHER PAGAN, LAURIE POSTLEWATE, JEAN-PASCAL POUZET, AD PUTTER, GEOFF RECTOR, DELBERT RUSSELL, THEA SUMMERFIELD, ANDREW TAYLOR, DAVID TROTTER, ELIZABETH M. TYLER, NICHOLAS WATSON, JOCELYN WOGAN-BROWNE, ROBERT F. YEAGER.

History of civilization --- Old French language --- English language --- anno 1200-1499 --- Great Britain --- French language --- English literature --- Anglo-Norman dialect --- Anglo-Norman literature --- Language and culture --- Français (Langue) --- Littérature anglaise --- Anglo-normand (Dialecte) --- Littérature anglo-normande --- Langage et culture --- Social aspects --- History --- Influence on English. --- French influences. --- History and criticism. --- Aspect social --- Histoire --- Influence sur l'anglais --- Influence française --- Histoire et critique --- Français (Langue) --- Littérature anglaise --- Littérature anglo-normande --- Influence française --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- French literature --- Culture and language --- Culture --- Langue d'oïl --- Romance languages --- Anglo-French dialect --- Anglo-Norman French dialect --- Law French --- Norman-French dialect --- History and criticism --- French influences --- Influence on English --- England --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- Languages. --- French language - Social aspects - England - History - To 1500 --- French language - Influence on English --- English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - French influences --- Anglo-Norman dialect - England --- Anglo-Norman literature - History and criticism --- Language and culture - England - History - To 1500 --- Français (langue) --- Anglais (langue) --- Anglo-normand (dialecte) --- 1300-1500 (moyen français) --- 1100-1500 (moyen anglais) --- Angleterr (GB) --- Angleterre (GB) --- Avant 1500 --- Administration. --- Anglo-French. --- Anglo-Norman. --- Culture. --- Documentary History. --- English Literary History. --- English and French. --- Francophone Speakers. --- French Influence. --- French Speakers. --- Interactions. --- Language. --- Linguistic History. --- Literary Texts. --- Medieval Britain. --- Medieval England. --- Multi-Cultural. --- Multicultural Medieval England. --- Professions.