Shakespeare and the Medieval World

Informationen zum Autor Helen Cooper is Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of The English Romance in Time: Transforming Motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the Death of Shakespeare. Vorwort Shakespeare and the Medieval World provides a panoramic overview of the influence of medieval culture on Shakespeare's work that uncovers the richness of his inheritance. Zusammenfassung A unique study examining the influence of medieval culture, thinking and drama on Shakespeare's work, looking at his use of sources and the ways in which the traditions of medieval drama permeate his plays. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionShakespeare's Medieval WorldTotal TheatreStaging the UnstageableThe Little World of ManThe World of FortuneRomance, Women and the Providential WorldShakespeare's ChaucerNotesBibliograpyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Helen Cooper
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 16.08.2012
• EAN: 9781408172322
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-7232-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 14 mm
• Series: The Arden Shakespeare; Arden Critical Companions; Arden Shakespeare; Arden Critical Companions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Englisch