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Abstract:During the Anglo-Dutch wars of the later seventeenth century, the commercial fishing industry was a nexus of political associations and a storehouse of nationalist sentiments. Drawing upon England's heritage as a fishing culture, Andrew Marvell and John Dryden used the North Sea herring trade to generate political fantasies about the defeat of England's enemies and England's rise as a world power. Through an analysis of Marvell's "The Character of Holland" (1652–53) and Dryden's Amboyna (1673), this article argues that political propaganda catalyzed literary innovation, and it illustrates how literary fishing narratives shaped English identity in this important historical moment, when the nation began its evolution into a maritime empire.
摘要:在17世纪后期的英荷战争中,商业捕鱼业是政治联系的纽带和民族主义情绪的宝库。安德鲁·马维尔(Andrew Marvell)和约翰·德莱顿(John Dryden)利用英国渔业文化的传统,利用北海鲱鱼贸易,制造出一种政治幻想,让人觉得英国打败了敌人,崛起为世界强国。本文通过对马维尔(Marvell)的《荷兰的性格》(The Character of Holland, 1652-53)和德莱顿(Dryden)的《Amboyna》(1673)的分析,论证了政治宣传催化了文学创新,并说明了在这个重要的历史时刻,当英国开始向海洋帝国演变时,文学捕鱼叙事如何塑造了英国人的身份。
期刊介绍:
SEL focuses on four fields of British literature in rotating, quarterly issues: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century. The editors select learned, readable papers that contribute significantly to the understanding of British literature from 1500 to 1900. SEL is well known for thecommissioned omnibus review of recent studies in the field that is included in each issue. In a single volume, readers might find an argument for attributing a previously unknown work to Shakespeare or de-attributing a famous work from Milton, a study ofthe connections between class and genre in the Restoration Theater.