Before the outbreak of Civil War in 1642, England developed a large, influential and often radical pamphlet literature. Speeches, learned briefs, and scaffold apologies joined character assassinations, secret histories and conspiracy theories in a jumbled literary underground.
This two-day interdisciplinary conference will explore the scope and significance of this literature, considering both the scale and significance of scribal production in a period of political, religious and social turmoil. It will also introduce a forthcoming database of over 400 such texts that will enable scholars to understand better the production and circulation of pre-Civil War political writing.
Speakers include:
- Dr Victoria Anker
- Dr Richard Bell
- Professor David Como
- Dr Alexandra Gajda
- Dr Emily Jennings
- Professor Peter Lake
- Professor Anthony Milton
- Dr John Reeks
- Dr Richard Serjeantson
- Dr Laura Stewart
- Dr Angus Vine
- Dr Alison Wiggins
Free Registration, lunch and refreshments provided.
Register at: http://bit.ly/mpese2018
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