Shakespearean representation : mimesis and modernity in Elizabethan tragedy /

We are often told that Shakespeare is our contemporary, yet we insist just as often on the Elizabethan quality of his work as it reflects a culture remote from our own. Beginning with this paradox, Howard Felperin explores the question of modernity in literature. He directs his attention toward seve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Felperin, Howard (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1977.
Series:	Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Tragedies. English drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism. Mimesis in literature. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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Acknowledgments ; CONTENTS; Preface; 1. The Poetics of Modernity: Homer and Others; 2. O' erdoing Termagant: Hamlet ; 3 Plays Within Plays: Othello, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra; 4. A Painted Devil: Macbeth; 5. ""Jacobean Decadence"": Tourneur, Middleton, Webster, Ford; Index.