1st Edition
Fortification and Its Discontents from Shakespeare to Milton Trouble in the Walled City
Introduction: A Walled Town and a Village 1. Walls of Stone and Walls of Bone in Shakespeare’s Histories 2. Spenser, the Fortress City, and the Plot for Ulster 3. The Walled City and the Colonization of North America: La Rochelle, Boston, Quebec 4. Paradise Lost and the Fortifications of Civil War London Conclusion: The Connecticut Experiment
Biography
Adam N. McKeown is an Associate Professor of English at Tulane University in New Orleans, USA. His research focuses on the intersections between textual, visual, and military culture in early modern England and early colonial New England. Shortly after receiving his PhD from New York University he was recalled to military service, and his experiences teaching Shakespeare to soldiers while on deployment have been featured on National Public Radio. He is the author of English Mercuries: Soldier Poets in the Age of Shakespeare (Vanderbilt University Press, 2009).
