Foreign and Native on the English Stage, 1588-1611

Metaphor and National Identity

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvJane Pettegree

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This original and scholarly work uses three detailed case studies of plays – Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra , King Lear and Cymbeline – to cast light on the ways in which early modern writers used metaphor to explore how identities emerge from the interaction of competing regional and spiritual topographies.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-01-01
Mått155 x 235 x 14 mm
Vikt376 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEarly Modern Literature in History
Antal sidor235
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349332779

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Introduction: Metaphor and Social Subjectivity PART I: ALTERNATIVE CLEOPATRAS Renaissance Cleopatras English Cleopatra in the 1590s: The Queen's Body Shakespeare's Cleopatra PART II: KENT AND SYNECDOCHAL NATIVE IDENTITY Commonplace Kent Rebellious Kent: Historical Reiteration of Opposition Kent in Lear : Personification and Conflicted Identity PART III: ENGLISH CHRISTENDOM: METONYMY AND METALEPSIS Championing Christendom: Current Affairs, Romance and Epic Jacobean Christendom Cymbeline : On the Edge of Christendom Bibliography Index