Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity : An Introductoy Essay on Shakespeare and English Renaissance Classicism

Martindale, Michelle, Martindale, Charles

ISBN 10: 0415023882 / ISBN 13: 9780415023887

Edité par Taylor & Francis Group, 1990

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• Titre: Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity : An Introductoy Essay on Shakespeare and English Renaissance Classicism
• Éditeur: Taylor & Francis Group
• Date de parution: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0415023882
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780415023887
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Poids: 1,003 livre

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Synopsis

Although a third of his plays are set in the ancient world and he constantly used classical mythology, history, and ideas, Shakespeare received a simple grammar school education and did not have a scholar's knowledge of the classics. The critical implications of this are the subject of "Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity". Against a recent academic tendency to exaggerate Shakespeare's learning, the authors investigate how he used his comparatively restricted knowledge to create, for example, an unusually convincing picture of Rome, and analyze, by presenting us with careful readings of specific passages, the styles Shakespeare employed under the influence of classical writers, especially Ovid, Seneca, and (in translation) Homer and Plutarch.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Against a recent tendency to exaggerate Shakespeare's classical learning, this study examines how the playwright used his relatively restricted knowledge to create an unusually convincing picture of Rome.