Inwardness and Theater in the English Renaissance

Acknowledgments1: Introduction: Inwardness and Spectatorship2: Machiavels and Family Men3: Heretical Conscience and Theatrical Rhetoric: The Case of Christopher Marlowe4: Proof and Consequences: Othello and the Crime of Intention5: Prosecution and Sexual Secrecy: Jonson and Shakespeare6: A Womb of His Own: Male Renaissance Poets in the Female Body7: ConclusionIndex

Riassunto

This text explores the perceived discrepancy between outward appearance and inward disposition which, it argues, influenced the work of many English Renaissance dramatists and poets. The author examines various connections between religious, legal, sexual and theatrical ideas of inward truth.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Katharine Eisaman Maus, Katharine Eisaman (University of Virginia) Maus
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.1995
• EAN: 9780226511245
• ISBN: 978-0-226-51124-5
• Pagine: 232
• Dimensioni: 14 mm x 21 mm x 2 mm
• Peso: 312 g
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights