{"product_id":"9781118438800","title":"A Companion to the Global Renaissance English Literature and Culture in the Era of Expansion","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to the Global Renaissance\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEnglish Literature and Culture in the Era of Expansion\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJyotsna G. Singh\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFeaturing twenty one newly-commissioned essays, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Global Renaissance: English Literature and Culture in the Era of Expansion\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how today's globalization is the result of a complex and lengthy historical process that had its roots in England's mercantile and cross-cultural interactions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn innovative collection that interrogates the global paradigm of our period and offers a new history of globalization by exploring its influences on English culture and literature of the early modern period.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoves beyond traditional notions of Renaissance history mainly as a revival of antiquity and presents a new perspective on England's mercantile and cross-cultural interactions with the New and Old Worlds of the Americas, Africa, and the East, as well with Northern Europe.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates how twentieth-century globalization was the result of a lengthy and complex historical process linked to the emergence of capitalism and colonialism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores vital topics such as East-West relations and Islam; visual representations of cultural 'others'; gender and race struggles within the new economies and cultures; global drama on the cosmopolitan English stage, and many more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJyotsna G. Singh\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor at Michigan State University, where she teaches early modern literature and culture, post-colonial theory, translation studies, and gender and race studies. Her published works include \u003ci\u003eColonial Narratives\/Cultural Dialogues: 'Discovery' of India in the Language of Colonialism\u003c\/i\u003e (1996); \u003ci\u003eThe Weyward Sisters: Shakespeare and Feminist Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored, with Dympna Callaghan and Lorraine Helms, 1994); and \u003ci\u003eTravel Knowledge: European 'Discoveries' in the Early Modern Period\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Ivo Kamps, 2001). She has received several research fellowships, including at the Folger Shakespeare Library,Queen Mary, University of London, and the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.  She has also been invited to direct two workshops on \"Early Modern Anglo Muslim Encounters\" at the Renaissance Center of the Newberry Library, in Chicago.  She is currently working on a monograph on early English Slave Trade. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 April 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118438800\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e424\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378876477580,"sku":"9781118438800","price":54.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118438800_778bc4a8-5058-4181-b847-a98cb2778660.jpg?v=1780110597","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118438800","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}