03341nam 2200661Ia 450 991078384690332120230331005405.01-280-15731-397866101573100-203-98603-2(CKB)1000000000253672(EBL)238751(OCoLC)475949314(SSID)ssj0000245003(PQKBManifestationID)11923160(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245003(PQKBWorkID)10171496(PQKB)10479175(MiAaPQ)EBC238751(Au-PeEL)EBL238751(CaPaEBR)ebr10093765(CaONFJC)MIL15731(EXLCZ)99100000000025367219891201d1990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShakespeare and the uses of antiquity[electronic resource] an introductory essay /Charles and Michelle MartindaleLondon ;New York Routledge19901 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-16198-5 0-415-10426-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 CRESSIDAWarDebate; 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 (mainly for students); INDEX; INDEX OF PASSAGESAgainst 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.Historical drama, EnglishHistory and criticismClassicismEnglandHistory16th centuryCivilization, Classical, in literatureMythology, Classical, in literatureRomeIn literatureHistorical drama, EnglishHistory and criticism.ClassicismHistoryCivilization, Classical, in literature.Mythology, Classical, in literature.822.3/3Martindale Charles169444Martindale Michelle1951-550240MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783846903321Shakespeare and the uses of antiquity1358503UNINA