Chronica. In the first section, the focus is on Bruno’s activities to establish the Carthusian order (40–73). The second section (73–95) deals with details of the history of the Carthusian order that can be connected to Bruno’s deeds and his afterlife, especially with the process of canonization and the question of whether Bruno may be venerated as a saint even if he was not canonized. Readers expecting Heinrich Arnoldi to have gathered information on how the order was organized and who was responsible for the development after Bruno’s death will be disappointed. In the footnotes, Galle offers valuable information on unusual terms, on Heinrich Arnoldi’s sources, and on historical contexts relevant for the Carthusian order. Broader contexts are only now and again explained. The fact that Heinrich Arnoldi assumes that Bruno had studied at a fully developed university with four faculties, for example, is passed over without comment. This may be misleading for younger readers who do not yet know that the institution Heinrich Arnoldi had in mind did not exist in the eleventh century. At the same time, this episode indicates that Heinrich Arnoldi was obviously more interested in situating Bruno in the intellectual and spiritual life of the fifteenth century than in reconstructing the historical contexts he lived in (Galle’s comments on page 58 concerning Bruno’s role in the bishopric of Reims reinforce this impression). Therefore, it would be helpful if this edition of Heinrich Arnoldi’s life of Bruno of Cologne would attract attention within research on the réécriture of saints’ lives and its relevance for the spiritual life of monastic convents.
{"title":"Francisco de Osuna's “Norte de los estados” in Modernized Spanish: A Practical Guide to Conjugal Life in Sixteenth-Century Europe. Dana Bultman, ed. Foundations. Leeds: Arc Humanities Press, 2019. xii + 346 pp. $79.","authors":"Lauren Beck","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.205","url":null,"abstract":"Chronica. In the first section, the focus is on Bruno’s activities to establish the Carthusian order (40–73). The second section (73–95) deals with details of the history of the Carthusian order that can be connected to Bruno’s deeds and his afterlife, especially with the process of canonization and the question of whether Bruno may be venerated as a saint even if he was not canonized. Readers expecting Heinrich Arnoldi to have gathered information on how the order was organized and who was responsible for the development after Bruno’s death will be disappointed. In the footnotes, Galle offers valuable information on unusual terms, on Heinrich Arnoldi’s sources, and on historical contexts relevant for the Carthusian order. Broader contexts are only now and again explained. The fact that Heinrich Arnoldi assumes that Bruno had studied at a fully developed university with four faculties, for example, is passed over without comment. This may be misleading for younger readers who do not yet know that the institution Heinrich Arnoldi had in mind did not exist in the eleventh century. At the same time, this episode indicates that Heinrich Arnoldi was obviously more interested in situating Bruno in the intellectual and spiritual life of the fifteenth century than in reconstructing the historical contexts he lived in (Galle’s comments on page 58 concerning Bruno’s role in the bishopric of Reims reinforce this impression). Therefore, it would be helpful if this edition of Heinrich Arnoldi’s life of Bruno of Cologne would attract attention within research on the réécriture of saints’ lives and its relevance for the spiritual life of monastic convents.","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"646 - 648"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43149382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
parts is a bolder work than one might expect. Early on she declares “the story of Orpheus is the story of humanism” (17). This, it seems to me, is the larger claim Mann professes not to be making—the idea that all the captivating and terrifying tensions of human language and culture inhere in the figure of Orpheus, whose song could tame rocks and trees but could not save him from the savage fury of the Bacchantes. Indeed, she observes that “the moment words fail to persuade is precisely the moment that they become Orphic poetry” (186). This provocative and poignant claim is a reminder that Orpheus has much to say about poetry’s power, but also about its failures and limitations. It is one of the many reasons this book is sure to draw a wide and enthusiastic readership among scholars of Renaissance English literature.
{"title":"Exemplars in Medieval English Texts","authors":"A. Alberts","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.302","url":null,"abstract":"parts is a bolder work than one might expect. Early on she declares “the story of Orpheus is the story of humanism” (17). This, it seems to me, is the larger claim Mann professes not to be making—the idea that all the captivating and terrifying tensions of human language and culture inhere in the figure of Orpheus, whose song could tame rocks and trees but could not save him from the savage fury of the Bacchantes. Indeed, she observes that “the moment words fail to persuade is precisely the moment that they become Orphic poetry” (186). This provocative and poignant claim is a reminder that Orpheus has much to say about poetry’s power, but also about its failures and limitations. It is one of the many reasons this book is sure to draw a wide and enthusiastic readership among scholars of Renaissance English literature.","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"804 - 805"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46534968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Companion to Pietro Aretino. Marco Faini and Paola Ugolini, eds. The Renaissance Society of America Texts and Studies 18. Leiden: Brill, 2021. xxviii + 594 pp. $299.","authors":"F. Alfie","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"690 - 691"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46841404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"All Wonders in One Sight: The Christ Child among the Elizabethan and Stuart Poets. Theresa M. Kenney. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021. viii + 228 pp. $65.","authors":"E. L. Ryan","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.285","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"777 - 778"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41471991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shakespeare in ‘Engrish,’” Adele Lee suggests that decolonization of our listening ear is really needed, and actors with Asian accents should not be put in the situation where they oscillate between a desire to perform Shakespeare and stay rooted in their culture. In chapter 9, “Alien Accents: Signifying the Shakespearean Other in Audio Performances,” Douglas M. Lanier contends that attention to accent in audio performance helps open our ears to new possibilities for performative expressivity and Shakespearean meaning, into which directors and scholars have only begun to probe. Carla Della Gatta concludes in the afterword that the collection affords “a comparative look at Shakespeare and accentism” across genres, time periods, languages, vocal methods, and locales, marking the outset of a field of inquiry that provides the stage and the culture with theoretical advancements (204). The connotation of accent includes ethnicity, class, locale, nationality, and generational qualities, and the function of accentism is part of semiotic, linguistic, and power structures within the world of production or play. In the collection, each contributor illustrates their argument with specific examples and has substantially proved the relationship between Shakespeare and accentism. Most significantly, the contributors try to break with traditional criticism through methodological practices and reveal that Received Pronunciation is no longer the standard for Shakespearean performances. Rather, Original Pronunciation is a flourishing phenomenon which offers a variety of voices and sheds new light on the stage and screen.
阿黛尔·李(Adele Lee)认为，我们的听觉确实需要去殖民化，亚洲口音的演员不应该在想要表演莎士比亚和想要扎根于自己的文化之间摇摆不定。Douglas M. Lanier在第9章“异域口音:在音频表演中表达莎士比亚的他者”中认为，对音频表演中的口音的关注有助于打开我们对表演表现力和莎士比亚意义的新可能性的耳朵，导演和学者们才刚刚开始探索。卡拉·德拉·加塔(Carla Della Gatta)在后记中总结说，该合集提供了跨流派、时期、语言、声乐方法和地域的“莎士比亚和口音的比较研究”，标志着一个探索领域的开始，为舞台和文化提供了理论进步(204)。口音的内涵包括种族、阶级、地域、民族和代际特质，口音的功能是生产或游戏世界中符号学、语言和权力结构的一部分。在文集中，每位作者都用具体的例子阐述了他们的观点，并充分证明了莎士比亚与口音之间的关系。最重要的是，作者试图通过方法论实践来打破传统的批评，并揭示“标准发音”不再是莎士比亚表演的标准。相反，原版发音是一种蓬勃发展的现象，它提供了各种各样的声音，为舞台和屏幕带来了新的亮点。
{"title":"Shakespeare and Biography. Katherine Scheil and Graham Holderness. Shakespeare & 8. New York: Berghahn Books, 2020. 142 pp. $150.","authors":"H. Crummé","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.296","url":null,"abstract":"Shakespeare in ‘Engrish,’” Adele Lee suggests that decolonization of our listening ear is really needed, and actors with Asian accents should not be put in the situation where they oscillate between a desire to perform Shakespeare and stay rooted in their culture. In chapter 9, “Alien Accents: Signifying the Shakespearean Other in Audio Performances,” Douglas M. Lanier contends that attention to accent in audio performance helps open our ears to new possibilities for performative expressivity and Shakespearean meaning, into which directors and scholars have only begun to probe. Carla Della Gatta concludes in the afterword that the collection affords “a comparative look at Shakespeare and accentism” across genres, time periods, languages, vocal methods, and locales, marking the outset of a field of inquiry that provides the stage and the culture with theoretical advancements (204). The connotation of accent includes ethnicity, class, locale, nationality, and generational qualities, and the function of accentism is part of semiotic, linguistic, and power structures within the world of production or play. In the collection, each contributor illustrates their argument with specific examples and has substantially proved the relationship between Shakespeare and accentism. Most significantly, the contributors try to break with traditional criticism through methodological practices and reveal that Received Pronunciation is no longer the standard for Shakespearean performances. Rather, Original Pronunciation is a flourishing phenomenon which offers a variety of voices and sheds new light on the stage and screen.","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"794 - 796"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44629227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
of the latter. He sometimes reused a panel on which another work had been painted. He made underdrawings, which differ between the first stab at a composition and its variants. The book itself is a peculiar item, a relic of COVID-19 as much as of its own peculiar subject. Begun with the intention of serving as the catalogue of an exhibition in Munich, The Hague, and Paris in 2020–21, it is now published as a standalone volume that includes a catalogue raisonné of Vrel’s work rather than a catalogue of an exhibition. The exhibition will finally be held in 2023 at the Mauritshuis and the Fondation Custodia, and is sure to be well worth a visit.
{"title":"La biblioteca di Leonardo. Carlo Vecce, ed. Florence: Giunti Editore; Museo Galileo, 2021. 552 pp. €90.","authors":"Ricardo De Mambro Santos","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.219","url":null,"abstract":"of the latter. He sometimes reused a panel on which another work had been painted. He made underdrawings, which differ between the first stab at a composition and its variants. The book itself is a peculiar item, a relic of COVID-19 as much as of its own peculiar subject. Begun with the intention of serving as the catalogue of an exhibition in Munich, The Hague, and Paris in 2020–21, it is now published as a standalone volume that includes a catalogue raisonné of Vrel’s work rather than a catalogue of an exhibition. The exhibition will finally be held in 2023 at the Mauritshuis and the Fondation Custodia, and is sure to be well worth a visit.","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"670 - 671"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44772120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender and Exemplarity in Medieval and Early Modern Spain. María Morrás, Rebeca Sanmartín Bastida, and Yonsoo Kim, eds. The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World 79. Leiden: Brill, 2020. xiv + 296 pp. €105.","authors":"Rosilie Hernández","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.277","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"764 - 765"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44893463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the third and fi nal part, “ Methodologies for Re-viewing Performance, ” the essays model different approaches for investigating civic spectacles. David M. Bergeron shifts the scale of analysis. Rather than looking at a speci fi c occasion or type of event, Bergeron traces out over years the various roles played in civic displays by a single person. J. Caitlin Finlayson examines the translation and circulation of ephemeral architecture in print while Katherine Butler reconstructs soundscapes through texts to access something of the lived experience of festivals. Finally, Janelle Jenstad and Mark Kaethler present a digital geospatial tool that enables users to visualize London ’ s pageants within their dynamic urban contexts. Together these contributions push the study of early modern festivals to consider a fuller range of objects, actors, spaces
{"title":"Civic Performance: Pageantry and Entertainments in Early Modern London. Amrita Sen and J. Caitlin Finlayson, eds. Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama 6. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020. xiv + 254 pp. $160.","authors":"M. Gin","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.246","url":null,"abstract":"In the third and fi nal part, “ Methodologies for Re-viewing Performance, ” the essays model different approaches for investigating civic spectacles. David M. Bergeron shifts the scale of analysis. Rather than looking at a speci fi c occasion or type of event, Bergeron traces out over years the various roles played in civic displays by a single person. J. Caitlin Finlayson examines the translation and circulation of ephemeral architecture in print while Katherine Butler reconstructs soundscapes through texts to access something of the lived experience of festivals. Finally, Janelle Jenstad and Mark Kaethler present a digital geospatial tool that enables users to visualize London ’ s pageants within their dynamic urban contexts. Together these contributions push the study of early modern festivals to consider a fuller range of objects, actors, spaces","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"714 - 715"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45361024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Andrea del Sarto: Splendor and Renewal in the Renaissance Altarpiece. Steven J. Cody. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 314; Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History 47. Leiden: Brill, 2020. xxii + 290 pp. + color pls.","authors":"Louise Arizzoli","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.213","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"660 - 661"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43210110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
reading of Julia’s wit in Anne Wharton’s unpublished play Love’s Martyr, Or Witt Above Crowns. By concluding in this way, James opens readings of Ovidian liberty and speech up to future prospects for change. Such an approach leaves audiences satisfied and, paradoxically, longing for more of James’s astute insights. Overall, Ovid and the Liberty of Speech in Shakespeare’s England is highly recommended. Aside from its foundational introduction, subsequent chapters can be read together or in isolation due to the text’s clear structure and convenient notes. Moreover, James’s writing style is approachable and jargon-free. Her robust analysis, in theory, could be impenetrable to those unfamiliar with Ovid or early modern literary studies. However, James carefully and humbly guides her readers through nuanced ideas; this stylistic choice makes the monograph refreshingly accessible to a variety of audiences, ranging from seasoned literary scholars to upper-level undergraduates.
{"title":"Shakespeare / Sense: Contemporary Readings in Sensory Culture. Simon Smith, ed. Arden Shakespeare Intersections. London: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2020. xvi + 384 pp. £117.","authors":"Thomas Dabbs","doi":"10.1017/rqx.2023.294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.294","url":null,"abstract":"reading of Julia’s wit in Anne Wharton’s unpublished play Love’s Martyr, Or Witt Above Crowns. By concluding in this way, James opens readings of Ovidian liberty and speech up to future prospects for change. Such an approach leaves audiences satisfied and, paradoxically, longing for more of James’s astute insights. Overall, Ovid and the Liberty of Speech in Shakespeare’s England is highly recommended. Aside from its foundational introduction, subsequent chapters can be read together or in isolation due to the text’s clear structure and convenient notes. Moreover, James’s writing style is approachable and jargon-free. Her robust analysis, in theory, could be impenetrable to those unfamiliar with Ovid or early modern literary studies. However, James carefully and humbly guides her readers through nuanced ideas; this stylistic choice makes the monograph refreshingly accessible to a variety of audiences, ranging from seasoned literary scholars to upper-level undergraduates.","PeriodicalId":45863,"journal":{"name":"RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY","volume":"76 1","pages":"791 - 792"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42319090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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