Inscribing the Time: Shakespeare and the End of Elizabethan England - Couverture rigide

Mallin, Eric S.

 
9780520086234: Inscribing the Time: Shakespeare and the End of Elizabethan England

Synopsis

Combining the resources of new historicism, feminism and postmodern textual analysis, this book reveals how contemporary pressures left their mark on three Shakespeare plays written at the end of Elizabeth's reign. The language of "Troilus and Cressida", "Hamlet" and "Twelfth Night" echoes the events and anxieties of the time: "Troilus" reflects the rebellion of the Earl of Essex and the failure of the courtly, chivalric style; "Hamlet" resonates with the danger of the bubonic plague and the difficult succession history of James I; and "Twelfth Night" is imbued with nostalgia for an earlier period of Elizabeth's rule, when her control over religious and erotic affairs seemed more secure.

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À propos de l'auteur

Eric S. Mallin is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.

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9780520370791: Inscribing the Time: Shakespeare and the End of Elizabethan England

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ISBN 10 :  0520370791 ISBN 13 :  9780520370791
Editeur : University of California Press, 2022
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