Alien Albion : literature and immigration in early modern England

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Alien Albion : literature and immigration in early modern England

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literature and immigration in early modern England

Statement of responsibility

Scott Oldenburg

Creator

• Oldenburg, Scott K., 1969-

Subject

• Immigrants -- England -- History -- 16th century
• England -- Ethnic relations | History -- 16th century
• Immigrants in literature
• English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
• English literature -- Minority authors | History and criticism
• England -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 16th century
• English literature -- Foreign authors | History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

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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Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography