Shakespeare and the Geography of Difference

Klappentext An exploration of Shakespeare's geographic imagination and the relationship between Renaissance geography and theatre. Zusammenfassung In this engaging book! John Gillies explores Shakespeare's geographic imagination! and discovers an intimate relationship between Renaissance geography and theatre arising from a shared dependence on the opposing impulses of taboo-laden closure and hubristic expansiveness. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Mapping the other: Vico, Shakespeare and the geography of difference; 2. Of 'voyages and exploration: geography: maps'; 3. Theatres of the world; 4. 'The open worlde': the exotic in Shakespeare; 5. The frame of the new geography.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Gillies
• Con la collaborazione di: Anne Barton (Editore), Stephen Orgel (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.05.1994
• EAN: 9780521458535
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45853-5
• Pagine: 308
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese