“If Then the World a Theatre Present…“: Revisions of the Theatrum Mundi Metaphor in Early Modern England, Bjorn Quiring

Автор: Bj?rn Quiring
Название: “If Then the World a Theatre Present…“: Revisions of the Theatrum Mundi Metaphor in Early Modern England
ISBN: 3110292297 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110292299
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
Цена: 117710.00 T
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Описание: To metaphorize the world as a theatre has been a common procedure since antiquity, but the use of this trope became particularly prominent and pregnant in early modern times, especially in England. Old and new applications of the “theatrum mundi” topos pervaded discourses, often allegorizing the deceitfulness and impermanence of this world as well as the futility of earthly strife. It was frequently woven into arguments against worldly amusements such as the stage: Commercial theatre was declared an undesirable competitor of God’s well-ordered world drama. Early modern dramatists often reacted to this development by appropriating the metaphor, and in an ingenious twist, some playwrights even appropriated its anti-theatrical impetus: Early modern theatre seemed to discover a denial of its own theatricality at its very core. Drama was found to succeed best when it staged itself as a great unmasking. To investigate the reasons and effects of these developments, the anthology examines the metaphorical uses of theatre in plays, pamphlets, epics, treatises, legal proclamations and other sources.

Автор: Gardiner Michael, Westall Claire
Название: Literature of an Independent England: Revisions of England, Englishness and English Literature
ISBN: 1137035234 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137035233
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: Some of the most incisive writers on the subject rethink the relationship between Britain, England and English literary culture. It is premised on the importance of devolution, the uncertainty of the British union, the place of English Literature within the union, and the need for England to become a self-determining literary nation.

Автор: Verna A. Foster
Название: Dramatic Revisions of Myths, Fairy Tales and Legends: Essays on Recent Plays
ISBN: 0786465123 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786465125
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Explores the ways in which contemporary dramatists have retold or otherwise made use of myths, fairy tales, and legends from a variety of cultures, including Greek, West African, North American, Japanese, and various parts of Europe. It contributes to the current discussion of adaptation theory by examining the different ways, and for what purposes, plays revise mythic stories and characters.

Автор: Martelli
Название: Ovid`s Revisions
ISBN: 1107037719 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107037717
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Martelli considers how Ovid`s tendency to revise his major works transforms the relationship between text, oeuvre and authorial voice, and how this practice relates to the revisory practices at work in the wider cultural and political matrix of his day. This study will greatly interest scholars of classical literature.

Автор: Francesca K. A. Martelli
Название: Ovid`s Revisions: The Editor as Author
ISBN: 1108740081 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108740081
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Martelli considers how Ovid`s tendency to revise his major works transforms the relationship between text, oeuvre and authorial voice, and how this practice relates to the revisory practices at work in the wider cultural and political matrix of his day. This study will greatly interest scholars of classical literature.