Constructing Monsters in Shakespeare's Drama and Early Modern Culture

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-349-42294-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 356 g

Reihe: Early Modern Literature in History

Constructing 'Monsters' in Shakespearean Drama and Early Modern Culture argues for the crucial place of the 'monster' in the early modern imagination. Burnett traces the metaphorical significance of 'monstrous' forms across a range of early modern exhibition spaces - fairground displays, 'cabinets of curiosity' and court entertainments - to contend that the 'monster' finds its most intriguing manifestation in the investments and practices of contemporary theatre. The study's new readings of Shakespeare, Marlowe and Jonson make a powerful case for the drama's contribution to debates about the 'extraordinary body'.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burnett, Mark Thornton

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Mapping 'Monsters' The Strangest Man that Ever Nature Made: Manufacturing 'Monsters' in Tamburlaine the Great 'Monsters' and 'Molas': Body Politics in Richard III As it is Credibly Thought: Conceiving 'Monsters' in Othello Were I in England Now: Localizing 'Monsters' in The Tempest If There be Never a Servant-Monster: Translating 'Monsters' in Bartholomew Fair Epilogue Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

MARK THORNTON BURNETT is a Reader in English at Queen's University, Belfast. He is author of, editor of and