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

• Autore: Rieger Gabriel A.
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Disciplina: 822/.0512093538
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sex and satiric tragedy in early modern England
• ISBN: 1-351-90094-3; 1-351-90095-1; 1-315-24340-7; 1-282-38275-6; 9786612382758; 0-7546-9879-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828277903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in performance and early modern drama.