Alien Albion

Literature and Immigration in Early Modern England

Nonfiction, History, Renaissance, British, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Alien Albion by Scott Oldenburg, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
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Author: Scott Oldenburg ISBN: 9781442667501
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: November 5, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Scott Oldenburg
ISBN: 9781442667501
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: November 5, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

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.

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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.

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