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Fashioning Femininity and English Renaissance Drama.Karen Newman

Historicist's sense that texts are "rooted in history" (266). Her readings of Donne, Jonson, and Herrick are models of this kind of criticism—a criticism that respects the text, that sees formal, aesthetic practices as bound up with cultural practices and beliefs but is not apologetic about taking more delight in poetry than conduct books. Also important, though, is Dubrow's plea for a more tolerant kind of critical discourse that would bridge the gap separating generations as well as schools of scholars and offer a fuller, "truer" understanding of the complexities of Renaissance literature. In her own sustained engagement with a variety of critics, in which she scrupulously evaluates their work and pays tribute to the contributions of the previous generation as well as newer voices, she practices just the kind of generosity she asks for. A Happier Eden is an excellent book which deserves to have considerable influence on Renaissance studies.