Shrank, C. and Pincombe, M. (2010) Doing away with the drab age. Literature Compass, 7 (3). pp. 160-176. ISSN 1741-4113
Abstract
This article surveys recent developments in the study of mid-Tudor literature; some of the problems the area has traditionally faced and still faces; and the opportunities for new research it offers, especially that which exploits new technology. It traces the deleterious effect that C. S. Lewis’ epithet ‘Drab Age’ has had upon the field, and how this has been compounded by institutional and market pressures in university education and academic publishing in the second half of the twentieth century. Nonetheless, interest in mid-16th century literature is being revived by historicist readings. The article maps out a number of areas ripe for future study, including life-writing, women’s writing, miscellanies, anonymous writing, cheap/ephemeral print, Inns of Court writing, translation, Tudor poetics, manuscripts, non-dramatic dialogue, paratext and anthologies of ‘tragical tales’. It calls for an unprejudiced reassessment of the aesthetics of mid-Tudor literature and draws attention to its humour and generic hybridity.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2010 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Literature Compass. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2014 13:54 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2017 14:48 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-4113.2009.00687.x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2009.00687.x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:79008 |