1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455869403321

Autore

Tromly Frederic B. <1943->

Titolo

Playing with desire : Christopher Marlowe and the art of tantalization / / Fred B. Tromly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-282-02860-X

9786612028601

1-4426-7854-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

822/.3

Soggetti

Teasing in literature

Aggressiveness in literature

Control (Psychology) in literature

Drama - Psychological aspects

Desire in literature

Sadism in literature

Play in literature

Sex in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Texts -- Introduction -- 1. Marlowe and the Torment of Tantalus -- 2. Translation as Template: All Ovid's Elegies -- 3. Playing with the Powerless: Dido Queen of Carthage -- 4. The Conqueror's and the Playwright's Games: Tamburlaine the Great, Part One and Part Two -- 5. Playing with Avarice: The Jew of Malta -- 6. The Play of History and Desire: Edward II -- 7. Damnation as Tantalization: Doctor Faustus -- 8. Frustrating the Story of Desire: Hero and Leander -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Playing with Desire takes a new approach to Christopher Marlowe's



body of writing, replacing the view of Marlovian desire as heroic aspiration with a far less uplifting model. Fred B. Tromly shows that in Marlowe's writing desire is a response to calculated, teasing enticement, ultimately a sign not of power but of impotence. The author identifies this desire with the sadistic irony of the Tantalus myth rather than with the sublime tragedy exemplified by the familiar figure of Icarus. Thus, Marlowe's characteristic mis en scene is moved from the heavens to the netherworld. Tromly also demonstrates that the manipulations of desire among Marlowe's characters find close parallels in the strategies by which his works tantalize and frustrate their audiences.Closely examining all the plays and the major poems, the author deploys a variety of resources - Renaissance mythography, the study of literary sources (especially Ovid), comparisons with contemporary writers, performance history, and social history - to demonstrate how central Tantalus and tantalizing are to Marlowe's imagination.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391756003316

Titolo

[Sensuyt vng petit liure pour apprendre a parler francoys, alemant, et ancloys] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Antwerp, :  C. van Ruremond, ca. 1530]

Descrizione fisica

[4+] p

Soggetti

English language

French language

Dutch language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title and imprint suggested by STC (2nd ed.).

Imperfect: fragment.

Reproduction of original in: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113