Spectacles of strangeness : imperialism, alienation, and Marlowe / Emily C. Bartels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartels, Emily C., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593--Criticism and interpretation.

Spectacular, The.

Aesthetics, British.

Exoticism in literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Drama--Psychological aspects.

Drama.

Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.

Political plays, English--History and criticism.

Political plays, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Bartels focuses on Marlowe's preoccupation with "strangers" and "strange" lands, and his use—and subversion—of Elizabethan stereotypes. Setting Marlovian drama in the context of England's nascent imperialism, Bartels probes the significance of the alien as the vital presence on the Renaissance stage and within Renaissance society.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Texts

Introduction

1. Strange and Estranging Spectacles: Strategies of State and Stage

2. Reproducing Mrica: Dido) Queen of Carthage and Colonialist Discourse

3. East of England: Imperialist Self-Construction in Tamburlaine) Parts 1 and 2

4. Capitalizing on the Jew: The Third Term in The Jew of Malta

5. Demonizing Magic: Patterns of Power in Doctor Faustus

6. The Show of Sodomy: Minions and Dominions in Edward II

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-214) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-5128-0100-3

0-585-12644-5

OCLC:

44959946