Greeks and Trojans on the Early Modern English Stage
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Explores the cultural uses of Greek and Trojan settings and allusions to Greece and Troy in plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
No story was more interesting to Shakespeare and his contemporaries than that of Troy, partly because the story of Troy was in a sense the story of England, since the Trojan prince Aeneas was supposedly the ancestor of the Tudors. This book explores the wide range of allusions to Greece and Troy in plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, looking not only at plays actually set in Greece or Troy but also those which draw on characters and motifs from Greek mythology and the Trojan War. Texts covered include Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, Othello, Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Pericles and The Tempest as well as plays by other authors of the period including Marlowe, Chettle, Ford and Beaumont and Fletcher.
No story was more interesting to Shakespeare and his contemporaries than that of Troy, partly because the story of Troy was in a sense the story of England, since the Trojan prince Aeneas was supposedly the ancestor of the Tudors. This book explores the wide range of allusions to Greece and Troy in plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, looking not only at plays actually set in Greece or Troy but also those which draw on characters and motifs from Greek mythology and the Trojan War. Texts covered include Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, Othello, Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Pericles and The Tempest as well as plays by other authors of the period including Marlowe, Chettle, Ford and Beaumont and Fletcher.
Lisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
I. Wandering Trojans
What's Actaeon to Aeneas?
Aeneas and the Voyagers
II. The Ruins of Troy
Troilus and Cressida: Shakespeare's Wooden World
Where is Hector Now?
Making Troy New
III. Striking Too Short at Greeks
The Greek Actor: Art, Aesthetics, and Drama
Metatheatre and Metamorphosis in Tomas Tomkis'sAlbumazarIV. Greece on the Edge
The Edge of the Hellenic World
What Venus Did with Mars: Love and War in the Mediterranean
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 15.08.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | Late Tudor and Stuart Drama |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 230 mm |
Gewicht | 473 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Schlagworte | Ästhetik • Greece, Troy, classical heritage, aesthetics, reli • Griechenland • Klassisches Erbe • Religion • Troja |
ISBN-10 | 1-5015-1858-5 / 1501518585 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5015-1858-4 / 9781501518584 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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Buch | Hardcover (2023)
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