Routledge

Routledge

English

'Time, Narrative, and Emotion in Early Modern England offers an important dialogue between two key preoccupations within early modern studies - embodied humoral subjectivity on the one hand, and temporality on the other. David Wood presents a wealth of thoughtful readings, as well as a counter to the underscrutinized historicist resistance to pyschoanalytic theory in readings of Renaissance literature and drama.' Jonathan Gil Harris, George Washington University, USA ’... challenging and ambitious... learned and provocative. ... Wood is an astute reader, both of primary texts and critical theory, and this book makes original forays in both directions.’ William Kerwin, Renaissance Quarterly '...a very thought -provoking and challenging reading of texts that remain central to early modern studies as well as a valuable overview of current critical theories....What emerges from this book is a comprehensive and very learned study that seeks to interpret a cross-selection of early modern texts in a dynamic and meaningful engagement. ... [Wood's] footnotes and quotes are excellent, and this innovative book adds a new dimension to early modern critical studies.' British Society for Literature and Science '... offers a helpful corrective to the neglect of time in recent scholarship on the early modern period.' Sixteenth Century Journal