Books by Jennifer Munroe
by Wendy Beth Hyman, Steve Mentz, Rachel E. Holmes, Carla Della Gatta, Kim Hall, Todd Butler, Eric De Barros, Allison Hobgood, Jennifer Munroe, Jayme Yeo, and Matthew Harrison Shakespeare and the Pedagogies of Justice: Why Renaissance Literature Matters Now , 2019
This book is for teachers who want to heighten the intellectual impact of their courses by using ... more This book is for teachers who want to heighten the intellectual impact of their courses by using their classrooms as a creative space for social formation and action. Its twenty-one chapters provide diverse perspectives on Shakespeare and early modern literature that engage innovation, collaboration, and forward-looking practices. They model ways of mobilizing justice with early modern texts and claim the intellectual benefits of integrating social justice into courses. The book reconceives the relationship between students and Renaissance literature in ways that enable them – and us – to move from classroom discussions to real-life applications.
Papers by Jennifer Munroe
Green Letters, 2017
This engaging collection of essays comes with its own review in the shape of an astute Afterword,... more This engaging collection of essays comes with its own review in the shape of an astute Afterword, which is also a Post-script, by Karen Raber. In it, Raber neatly uses the paradoxical position of w...
The Review of English Studies, 2014
ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
Shakespeare and Reception Theory
Making Gardens of Their Own: Advice for Women, 1550-1750
Che Early Modem Englishwoma iRser-" Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Par... more Che Early Modem Englishwoma iRser-" Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Part 3 Volume 1 Advice for Women, 1550-17j PW K? ./SfciL i * 1 ML / \> iilĞ' Selected and Sntroduccti by Genera! i7.ditors ^ip^T^iO> :• **^<ot /MAllC iiğĞafi\S
Ecofeminist Approaches to Early Modernity, 2011
Ecofeminist Approaches to Early Modernity, 2011
University of Toronto Quarterly, 2016
Renaissance Studies, 2011
, first Duchess of Beaufort, was respected in her day as a collector and cultivator of plants, bo... more , first Duchess of Beaufort, was respected in her day as a collector and cultivator of plants, both exotic and common, on her estate in Badminton. And yet, when she writes to Sir Robert Southwell in 1694, 1 she is surprisingly humble about her achievements, calling hers an 'innocent diversion of gardening'. 2 The duchess's attention to plant collecting and botanical knowledge, though, was hardly just an 'innocent diversion', as characterized by J. E. Dandy, editor of the massive Sloane Herbarium, when he concludes, 'Considering the importance of the gardens at Badminton and the position which they evidently hold in the history of English gardening, it is remarkable that published references to them [or to the Duchess herself], other than those by contemporaries, should be so few and so slight' (209). 3 That Mary Somerset was an important figure in gardening history seems abundantly clear. This essay, however, demonstrates how Somerset's work with plants blurs the line between 'gardening' and the twin fields of horticulture and botany; hers was an endeavour that crossed over into what we might see as more than just plant collecting and is indicative of scientific thinking about plants as well. It is clear from the many papers preserved by Sir Hans Sloane, long-time President of the Royal Society and Somerset's regular correspondent, from the respect her contemporaries had for her growing skills at Badminton estate, 4 and from the many men and women who relied on her for the plants they grew in their own gardens, that Somerset's work with plants was impressive and influential. The duchess was an ambitious collector, as demonstrated by the variety and sheer number of plants she grew, and by the extensive space 1 Sir Robert Southwell was elected President of the Royal Society in 1692. 2 Badminton Estate (hereafter BE) MS FmF 1/5/9. 3 J. E. Dandy (ed.), The Sloane Herbarium (London: The British Museum, 1958), 209. Subtitled, 'An Annotated List of the Horti Sicci; With Biographical Accounts of the Principal Contributors', the Sloane Herbarium represents a significant corpus of writings about plants from the period in Sloane's possession and the men and (some) women whose work he valued. 4 I would like to extend a note of gratitude to the current Duke of Beaufort for allowing me to work on Mary Somerset's manuscript letters and catalogues in the Muniments Room of the Badminton Estate. I wish also to thank Elaine Milsom, his gracious assistant, for helping me navigate these materials and for delicious hot chocolate on a cold, rainy afternoon among the musty family papers.
Prose Studies, 2006
The formal garden in England in the early sixteenth century was largely the domain of the nobilit... more The formal garden in England in the early sixteenth century was largely the domain of the nobility and aristocracy. However, socio-economic changes during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century made it possible for men and women of the middling sort in particular to afford to ...
Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, 2007
Few teachers would deny that a working familiarity with and appreciation of the sonnet can be inv... more Few teachers would deny that a working familiarity with and appreciation of the sonnet can be invaluable assets for students studying Renaissance English literature. This is not simply because of the “little song&#x27;s” ubiq-uity as both mode and theme in the work of canonized figures ...
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Books by Jennifer Munroe
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