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Chastity in Early Stuart Literature and Culture

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Chastity in Early Stuart Literature and Culture
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bonnie Lander Johnson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:202
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 153
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - poetry and poets
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
Ethics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781107570573
ClassificationsDewey:820.93538090
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 3 Halftones, unspecified; 3 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 October 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In this book, Bonnie Lander Johnson explores early modern ideas of chastity, demonstrating how crucial early Stuart thinking on chastity was to political, medical, theological and moral debates, and that it was also a virtue that governed the construction of different literary genres. Drawing on a range of materials, from prose to theatre, theological controversy to legal trials, and court ceremonies - including royal birthing rituals - Lander Johnson unearths previously unrecognised opinions about chastity. She reveals that early Stuart theatrical and court ceremonies were part of the same political debate as prose pamphlets and religious sermons. The volume also offers new readings of Milton's Comus, Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Henrietta Maria's queenship and John Ford's plays. It will appeal to scholars of early modern literature, theatre, political, medical and cultural history, and gender studies.

Author Biography

Bonnie Lander Johnson is Fellow and Lecturer at Selwyn College, Cambridge. She has published articles in journals, including Bulletin of the Society of Renaissance Studies, Shakespeare Quarterly, and Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies. She is also the editor of Blood Matters (forthcoming).