Refiguring mimesis : representation in early modern literature / edited by Jonathan Holmes and Adrian Streete.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holmes, Jonathan.

Streete, Adrian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mimesis in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hatfield [U.K.] : University Of Hertfordshire Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-905313-75-6

OCLC:

609852607