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(2014) The return of theory in early modern English studies II, Dordrecht, Springer.
When we conceived the first volume of The Return of Theory in 2010, we attempted to cover the most salient theoretical and methodo- logical approaches in early modern English literary-cultural studies.1 Space constraints nevertheless belied our enterprise, for our focus on cognitivism, political theology, and materialism omitted attention to equally availing approaches, such as ecocriticism, affect theory, histori- cal phenomenology, and a startling proliferation of work dedicated to redefining what constitutes the "human" both in present and early modern contexts. The need for a companion to Volume I thus presented itself before the first volume even came to press. We would underscore the designation "companion" volume rather than sequel because we believe that the approaches represented in the present volume, catego- rized under the sections "Posthumanism," "Ecocriticism," "Historical Phenomenology," and "Historicism Now" are not simply alternative theories and methods that might be added to those in the first volume; they also update, develop, or refine them, in some cases offering expan- sions or second-generation versions of their predecessors.
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Cefalu, P. , Kuchar, G. , Reynolds, B. (2014)., Introduction, in P. Cefalu, G. Kuchar & B. Reynolds (eds.), The return of theory in early modern English studies II, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 1-11.
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