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Shakespeare and the loss of Eden : the construction of family values in early modern culture / Catherine Belsey.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3069.F35 B45 1999
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Van Pelt Library PR3069.F35 B45 1999
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Belsey, Catherine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Families--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--16th century.
- Families--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--17th century.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Political and social views.
- Political and social views.
- Domestic drama, English--History and criticism.
- Domestic drama, English.
- Loss (Psychology) in literature.
- Drama--Psychological aspects.
- Social values in literature.
- Fall of man in literature.
- Families in literature.
- Families in art.
- Families--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Shakespeare & the loss of Eden
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Showing that the loving family was an object of propaganda then as now, Belsey points to unexpected affinities between the world of early modern England and the present day. She demonstrates that political and moral claims that the family makes us whole -- as well as fears that it can be abusive -- are not new, but also dominate the early modern construction of the family.
- Shakespeare and the Loss of Eden expertly traces representations of the family in three related fields: Shakespeare's plays, the Reformation story of Adam and Eve as founders of the first nuclear family, and the visual imagery that decorates the cultural artifacts of the period, including furniture, tapestries, and tomb sculpture.
- Detailed readings of the plays reveal a wealth of reformation on the domestication of desire in marriage, parental love and cruelty, and sibling rivalry. Richly illustrated and written with perception and wit, the book is a major work of both literary criticism and cultural history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-198) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0813527635
- OCLC:
- 41404610
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