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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455251203321

Autore

Rieger Gabriel A.

Titolo

Sex and satiric tragedy in early modern England : penetrating wit / / Gabriel A. Rieger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-90095-1

1-315-24340-7

1-282-38275-6

9786612382758

0-7546-9879-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Collana

Studies in performance and early modern drama

Disciplina

822/.0512093538

Soggetti

English drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism

Sex in literature

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

English drama - 17th century - History and criticism

Satire, English - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sex, Stoicism, and Satyre: The Roots of Satiric Tragedy; 1 "You Go Not Till I Set You Up A Glass": The Death of Elizabeth and the Languages of Gender; 2 "Deep Ruts and Foul Sloughs": Sexually Descriptive Languageand the Narrative of Disease; 3 "I'll Have My Will": Frustrated Desire and Commercial Culture; 4 "I Am Worth No Worse A Place": Service, Subjugation, and Satire; Conclusion: Erotic Aggression and Satiric Tragedy; Appendix; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing upon recent scholarship in Renaissance studies regarding notions of the body, political, physical and social, this study examines how the satiric tragedians of the English Renaissance employ the languages of sex-including sexual slander, titillation, insinuation and obscenity - in the service of satiric aggression.