Renaissance poetry and drama in context : essays for Christopher Wortham / / edited by Andrew Lynch and Anne M. Scott

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars, 2008; Newcastle : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II