Sex and satiric tragedy in early modern England : penetrating wit / Gabriel A. Rieger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rieger, Gabriel A., author.

Series:

Studies in performance and early modern drama.

Studies in performance and early modern drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

English drama (Tragedy).

Sex in literature.

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

English drama.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

Satire, English--History and criticism.

Satire, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing upon recent scholarship in Renaissance studies regarding notions of the body, political, physical and social, this study examines how the satiric tragedians of the English Renaissance employ the languages of sex-including sexual slander, titillation, insinuation and obscenity - in the service of satiric aggression.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sex, Stoicism, and Satyre: The Roots of Satiric Tragedy; 1 "You Go Not Till I Set You Up A Glass": The Death of Elizabeth and the Languages of Gender; 2 "Deep Ruts and Foul Sloughs": Sexually Descriptive Languageand the Narrative of Disease; 3 "I'll Have My Will": Frustrated Desire and Commercial Culture; 4 "I Am Worth No Worse A Place": Service, Subjugation, and Satire; Conclusion: Erotic Aggression and Satiric Tragedy; Appendix; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-90094-3

1-351-90095-1

1-315-24340-7

1-282-38275-6

9786612382758

0-7546-9879-3

9781315243405

OCLC:

646871456