| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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The Arden critical companions |
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Arden critical companions.
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| Contents |
Shakespeare and Renaissance Europe / Andrew Hadfield -- The politics of Renaissance Europe / Susan Doran -- English contact with Europe / Michael G. Brennan -- Shakespeare's reading of modern European literature / Stuart Gillepsie -- Shakespeare and Italian comedy / Richard Andrews -- Contemporary Europe in Elizabethan and early Stuart drama / Paulina Kewes -- Shakespeare's imaginary geography / François Laroque -- Europe's Mediterranean frontier : the moor / Nabil Matar and Rudolph Stoeckel |
| Summary |
This collection of essays explores the diverse ways in which Shakespeare and his contemporaries experienced and imagined Europe. The book charts the aspects of European politics and culture which interested Renaissance travellers, thus mapping the context within which Shakespeare's plays with European settings would have been received. Chapters cover the politics of continental Europe, the representation of foreigners on the English stage, the experiences of English travellers abroad, Shakespeare's reading of modern European literature, the influence of Italian comedy, his presentation of Moor |
| Notes |
Includes chronology (p. xiv-xxix) |
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"An imprint of Thomson Learning"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Literature
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Muslims
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Shakespeare, William. swd |
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Renaissance.
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Renaissance.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Muslims in literature
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Political and social views
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Renaissance
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Literature
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Renaissance
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Drama
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| Genre/Form |
Literature
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hadfield, Andrew.
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Hammond, Paul, 1953-
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| ISBN |
9781408143681 |
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1408143682 |
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9781472555090 |
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1472555090 |
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