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Shakespeare and the uses of antiquity : an introductory essay / Charles and Michelle Martindale.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martindale, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Literature.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Rome.
- Historical drama, English--History and criticism.
- Historical drama, English.
- Classicism--England--History--16th century.
- Classicism.
- Civilization, Classical, in literature.
- Mythology, Classical, in literature.
- Rome--In literature.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Against a recent tendency to exaggerate Shakespeare's classical learning, this study examines how the playwright used his relatively restricted knowledge to create an unusually convincing picture of Rome.
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; SMALL LATIN; IMITARI IS NOTHING; Imitatio of Plot; Imitatio of Classical Loci; Imitatio of a Speech out of Ovid; Imitatio or furtum? Cleopatra's barge; SENECA BY CANDLELIGHT; 2 SHAKESPEARE'S OVID; PHILOMELA IN TITUS AND CYMBELINE; OVIDIAN NARRATIVE; OVID IN FAIRYLAND; Metamorphosis; Art; Pyramus and Thisbe; The Style of the Lovers' Couplets; Faerie; Aetiology; Echoes; PYGMALION IN THE WINTER'S TALE; MYTHS OUT OF OVID; 3 SHAKESPEARE'S TROY; SHAKESPEARE'S ILIAD?; HOMERIC TRACES IN TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
- WarDebate; Value; Fame; Time; SHAKESPEARE'S TROJAN STYLE; 4 SHAKESPEARE'S ROME; THE USES OF ANACHRONISM; SHAKESPEARE'S AND OTHER ROMES; MORE AN ANTIQUE ROMAN; IN SEARCH OF A ROMAN STYLE; 5 SHAKESPEARE'S STOICISM; CONSTANCY IN THE RENAISSANCE; SHAKESPEARE AND THE CONSTANT (WO)MAN; Sonnet 94; Hamlet; Macbetb; Coriolanus; Antony and Cleopatra; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (mainly for students); INDEX; INDEX OF PASSAGES
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-15731-3
- 9786610157310
- 0-203-98603-2
- 9780203986035
- OCLC:
- 475949314
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