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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783846903321

Autore

Martindale Charles

Titolo

Shakespeare and the uses of antiquity [[electronic resource] ] : an introductory essay / / Charles and Michelle Martindale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1990

ISBN

1-280-15731-3

9786610157310

0-203-98603-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MartindaleMichelle <1951->

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

Historical drama, English - History and criticism

Classicism - England - History - 16th century

Civilization, Classical, in literature

Mythology, Classical, in literature

Rome In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; SMALL LATIN; IMITARI IS NOTHING; Imitatio of Plot; Imitatio of Classical Loci; Imitatio of a Speech out of Ovid; Imitatio or furtum? Cleopatra's barge; SENECA BY CANDLELIGHT; 2 SHAKESPEARE'S OVID; PHILOMELA IN TITUS AND CYMBELINE; OVIDIAN NARRATIVE; OVID IN FAIRYLAND; Metamorphosis; Art; Pyramus and Thisbe; The Style of the Lovers' Couplets; Faerie; Aetiology; Echoes; PYGMALION IN THE WINTER'S TALE; MYTHS OUT OF OVID; 3 SHAKESPEARE'S TROY; SHAKESPEARE'S ILIAD?; HOMERIC TRACES IN TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

WarDebate; Value; Fame; Time; SHAKESPEARE'S TROJAN STYLE; 4 SHAKESPEARE'S ROME; THE USES OF ANACHRONISM; SHAKESPEARE'S AND OTHER ROMES; MORE AN ANTIQUE ROMAN; IN SEARCH OF A ROMAN STYLE; 5 SHAKESPEARE'S STOICISM; CONSTANCY IN THE RENAISSANCE; SHAKESPEARE AND THE CONSTANT (WO)MAN; Sonnet 94; Hamlet; Macbetb; Coriolanus; Antony and Cleopatra; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY



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Sommario/riassunto

Against a recent tendency to exaggerate Shakespeare's classical learning, this study examines how the playwright used his relatively restricted knowledge to create an unusually convincing picture of Rome.