Broadening the notion of censorship, this volume explores the transformative role played by early modern censors in the fashioning of a distinct English literat

Broadening the notion of censorship, this volume explores the transformative role played by early modern censors in the fashioning of a distinct English literat

Censorship profoundly affected early modern writing. Censorship and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England offers a detailed picture of early modern censorship

The development of printing practices during Tudor rule led both to the dissemination of religious and secular knowledge, and the development of a legal arsenal

This book addresses the concept of ‘disaster’ through a variety of literary texts dating back to the early modern period. While Shakespeare’s age, which w