Re-imagining Western European Geography in English Renaissance Drama

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-34950-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

Reihe: Early Modern Literature in History

Matei-Chesnoiu examines the changing understanding of world geography in sixteenth-century England and the concomitant involvement of the London theatre in shaping a new perception of Western European space. Fresh readings are offered of Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, Dekker, Massinger, Marston, and others.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matei-Chesnoiu, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction: Dramatic Geographies of the Self Geography as the Eye of History Romanticized France in the English Imagination Shifting Views of the German Principalities Geography and Trade: The Low Countries and Denmark Spain from Court to Country Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Monica Matei-Chesnoiu is Professor of English literature at Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania.