Resumen de ALIMENTARY ADDRESS and the Management of Appetite and Hunger in Jacob and Esau
The anonymous mid-Tudor biblical interlude The History of Jacob and Esau presents a set of uncertainties for its commentators.¹ While the interlude’s composition has been dated broadly to the period between 1547 and 1558, narrowing that range decisively has proven difficult. The interlude’s commitment to a Calvinist-influenced doctrine of election and reprobation might suggest a composition date in Edward VI’s reign, but opinion remains divided.² As it was first entered in the Stationers’ Register between June 1557 and June 1558 by Henry Sutton, it must have been composed by that date. Unfortunately, only a single fragment of the 1557/8 printing...
