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Titolo: | Refiguring mimesis [[electronic resource] ] : representation in early modern literature / / edited by Jonathan Holmes and Adrian Streete |
Pubblicazione: | Hatfield [U.K.], : University Of Hertfordshire Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
Disciplina: | 820.9003 |
Soggetto topico: | Mimesis in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | HolmesJonathan StreeteAdrian |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword: Hamlet and Auerbach by Peter Holland; Introduction: Refiguring mimesis: representation in early modern literature by Jonathan Holmes and Adrian Streete; Chapter One: "Scenes from the life of one who is suited for nothing": Shakespeare and the question of mimesis by Roger Starling; Chapter Two: "'Tis in reversion that I do possess": speculation and destination in Richard II by Vance Adair; Chapter Three: Platonism and bathos in Shakespeare and other early modern drama by Gabriel Egan |
Chapter Four: "Pluck but his name out of his heart": a Caesarean cross-section by Paul InnesChapter Five: "Bananas on a mango tree": colonial mimesis, hybridity and modern Indian theatre by Poonam Trivedi; Chapter Six: Court masque and the (re)production of aristocratic identity by Monika Smialkowska; Chapter Seven: The distorting mirror: theatrical mimesis on the early modern transvestite stage by Christian Billing; Chapter Eight: Mimesis, resistance and iconoclasm: resituating The Revenger's Tragedy by Adrian Streete | |
Chapter Nine: "There must be something heard": John Donne's aural universe by Jonathan HolmesAfterword by John Drakakis; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Focusing squarely on the strength of mimesis as a philosophical idea, this collection of essays considers aspects of mimesis ranging from Shakespeare to colonialism. As the philosophical agenda of major thinkers and writers responds to representational crises like post-structuralism and postmodernism, attention is turning away from artistic expressivity and back towards uses of mimesis. The nine included essays present a varied set of theoretical ideas and challenge the ingrained concept that mimesis is only a transparent reflection of reality. This fresh assessment of an ancient and much |
Titolo autorizzato: | Refiguring mimesis |
ISBN: | 1-905313-75-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455513203321 |
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