1st Edition
Beer, Brewing, and the Boundaries of the Human in Early Modern English Culture Literature and Fermented Drink, 1580–1750
Introduction: “That Art and Mystery”: Early Modern Brewing Discourse
1. Performing the Permeable Self: Drink and Agency on the Early Modern English Stage
2. Barm, Gender, and Social Distinction in Early Modern England
3. “A Wholesomer Brew”: Imitation, Artifice, and Deceit in Early Modern Brewing Texts
4. Brewing Discourse and Moral Agency in Dissenting Religious Thought
5. ‘God wotte what liquor’: Brewing History, Agriculture, and Nostalgia in Early Modern England
Conclusion: Drinking Tobacco: Negotiating the Boundaries of Drink in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Biography
Donovan E. Tann is Professor of English at the University of Dubuque, USA, where he has taught early modern literature and general education courses since 2021. His work has appeared in SEL: Studies in English Literature, Bunyan Studies, and 1650–1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era.
