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Titolo: | Renaissance poetry and drama in context : essays for Christopher Wortham / / edited by Andrew Lynch and Anne M. Scott |
Pubblicazione: | Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars, 2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
Disciplina: | 820.9003 |
Soggetto topico: | English poetry - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism | |
Altri autori: | WorthamChristopher <1940-> LynchAndrew ScottAnne M |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- EDITORS' FOREWORD -- CHRIS WORTHAM -- SHAKESPEARE AND THE MEDIEVAL THEATRE OF CRUELTY -- MAGNIFICENT MONEY -- COSMOS AND HISTORY -- THE PLAGUE OF CHRISTENDOM -- OTHELLO'S EXSUFFLATIONS -- 'WHAT ARE THESE FACES?' -- SAM JOHNSON CORRECTED -- MARLOWE, MAPS, AND MIGHT -- BEN JONSON AND 'THE PROPER PASSION OF METTALLS' -- MADNESS IN A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY AND THE PILGRIM -- LES 'CONTRAIRES SEIOURS' -- PLAYING WITH WORLDLY THINGS -- SEEKING A VOICE -- PARADISES LOST -- MARVELL'S 'HORATIAN ODE ON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELAND' AND THE CONTEXT OF THE ENGAGEMENT CONTROVERSY -- ANDREW MARVELL AND THE TREE OF LIFE -- THE DOUBLE STRAND OF CLEOPATRA PLAYS -- DISGRACE AS J.M. COETZEE'S TEMPEST -- KING LEAR AND FILM GENRES -- FRAGMENTS RECOLLECTED FROM TWO LIVES -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Renaissance Poetry and Drama in Context is a stimulating refereed collection of new work dedicated to Emeritus Professor Christopher Wortham of The University of Western Australia. The essays provide a rich context for the interdisciplinary study of the English Renaissance, from its medieval antecedents to its modern afterlife on stage and screen. Their up-to-date engagement with many scholarly fields - art and iconography, cartography, cultural and social history, literature, politics, theat. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Renaissance poetry and drama in context |
ISBN: | 1-282-19203-5 |
9786612192036 | |
1-4438-0840-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910818809303321 |
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