The uses of this world : thinking space in Shakespeare, Marlowe, Cary and Jonson / Andrew Hiscock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hiscock, Andrew, 1962-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English drama.

Space and time in literature.

Social structure in literature.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Physical Description:

x, 249 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2004.

Summary:

Issues of cultural space in early modern theater texts are addressed in this critical study. Explored are the fundamental changes in the social and philosophical organizations of space during this period and the ways in which theater dramatized them. The argument is made that Renaissance drama integrates models of social organization and spatial boundaries defined by property relations, economic hierarchies, historical customs, and kinship ties. The concept that space is not a neutral, fixed, and passive container, but instead a socially constructed process is demonstrated through analysis of such plays as "Antony and Cleopatra," "Hamlet," and "The Winter's Tale."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [228]-244) and index.

ISBN:

0708318886

OCLC:

56660595