Games and War in Early Modern English Literature

Holly Faith Nelson, Ph.D., is Professor of English and Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute at Trinity Western University. Her work on women’s writing, gender and literature, and religion and literature has appeared in a wide range of journals and essay collections over the past two decadesJim Daems is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the English Department at the University College of the North. He has published articles and books on a range of early modern and long-eighteenth century topics and authors.

• Acknowledgements, The Interplay of Games and War in Early Modern English Literature: An Introduction, 'Can this cock-pit hold the vasty fields of France?' Cockfighting and the Representation of War in Shakespeare's Henry V, Game Over: Play and War in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, Thomas Morton's Maypole: Revels, War Games, and Trans-Atlantic Conflict, Milton's Epic Games: War and Recreation in Paradise Lost, Ciphers and Gaming for Pleasure and War, Virtual Reality, Roleplay, and World Building in Margaret Cavendish's Literary War Games, Dice, Jesting, and the 'Pleasing Delusion' of War-Like Love in Aphra Behn's The Luckey Chance, War and Games in Swift's The Battle of the Books and Gulliver's Travels, Turncoats, and the Hostile Reprint: Considering the Conflict of a Paper War, Notes on Contributors, Index