Alien Albion: Literature and Immigration in Early Modern England

299 Pages·2014·2.07 MB·English

by  Scott Oldenburg

ALIEN ALBION: LITERATURE AND IMMIGRATION
IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
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SCOTT OLDENBURG
Alien Albion: Literature and
Immigration in Early Modern
England
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
Toronto Buffalo London
© University of Toronto Press 2014
Toronto Buffalo London
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Oldenburg, Scott K., 1969–, author
Alien Albion : literature and immigration in early modern England /
Scott K. Oldenburg.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4426-4719-0 (bound)
1. English literature – Minority authors – History and criticism. 2. English
literature – Early modern, 1500–1700 – History and criticism. 3. England –
Ethnic relations – History – 16th century. 4. Immigrants – England –
History – 16th century. 5. England – Emigration and immigration –
History – 16th century. I. Title.
PR120.M55O43 2014 820.9'92069120903 C2014-902896-2
University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its
publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts
Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial support of the
Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for its publishing
activities.
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Forms of Multiculturalism in Early Modern England 3
Part One: Sectarian Inclusivity
1 From the Dutch Acrobat to Hance Beerpot:
Multicultural Mid-Tudor England 23
2 The Rhetoric of Religious Refuge under Elizabeth I 45
Part Two: Provincial Globalism
3 Artisanal Tolerance: The Case of Thomas Deloney 75
4 Language and Labour in Thomas Dekker’s Provincial Globalism 99
Part Three: Worldly Domesticity
5 The “Jumbled” City: The Dutch Courtesan and Englishmen for
My Money 117
6 Shakespeare, the Foreigner 138
Conclusion: The Return of Hans Beer-Pot 173
Notes 185
Bibliography 245
Index 283
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Acknowledgments
An earlier version of chapter 1 appeared in English Literary History 76.1
(2009) as “Toward a Multicultural Mid-Tudor England: The Queen’s Royal
Entry Circa 1553, The Interlude of Wealth and Health, and the Ques-
tion of Strangers in the Reign of Mary I.” An early version of chapter 5
appeared in Literature Compass 7.1 (2010) as “‘Outlandish Love’: Mar-
riage and Immigration in City Comedies.” In writing this book I am
grateful for the support I have received at my home institution, Tulane
University. Some of the research for this book was carried out under a
Summer Fellowship from the Committee on Research at Tulane Univer-
sity, and this book was published with a generous subvention from the
Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University. I also want to
thank my friends and colleagues at Tulane University, especially Dwight
Codr (now at the University of Connecticut), Jean Dangler, Tom Frazel,
Michelle Kohler, Mike Kuczynski, Adam McKeown, and Barb Ryan.
I began this project while a graduate student at SUNY Buffalo. I would
like to thank University at Buffalo professors Barbara Bono, James Holstun,
Scott Stevens, and Jim Swan for their advice and support during those
early stages of development.
A special thanks goes to Suzanne Rancourt of the University of Toronto
Press and the three outstanding readers she selected for the manuscript of
this book. Their feedback has been invaluable.
Finally, I am especially thankful for the love and support of my chil-
dren: Carlos (who offered to help me with capitalization throughout the
manuscript) and Diego (who, upon learning the alphabet, volunteered to
help me write an early draft of this book). Both have been there for all the
stages of this book and their patience has been invaluable.
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ALIEN ALBION: LITERATURE AND IMMIGRATION
IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND