Shakespearean Representation: Mimesis and Modernity in Elizabethan Tragedy by Ho

Description: Shakespearean Representation by Howard M. Felperin 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 several older poets and examines Shakespeare in partic FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 several older poets and examines Shakespeare in particular to show how literary modernity depends, not on chronological considerations, but on the process of mimesis, or imitation, that art has traditionally claimed for itself. In analyzing Shakespeares major tragedies, Professor Felperin notes that each carries within it a model of its dramatic prototypes, and therefore requires a conservative response from its interpreters. In the interest of being truer to life than its model, however, each play departs from that model and so requires a Romantic or modernist response as well. The author contends that Shakespeares meaning arises from this ambivalent relation to the forms of the past. Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Table of Contents *Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Preface, pg. 1*1. The Poetics of Modernity: Homer and Others, pg. 12*2. Oerdoing Termagant: Hamlet, pg. 44*3. Plays Within Plays: Othello, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, pg. 68*4. A Painted Devil: Macbeth, pg. 118*5. "Jacobean Decadence": Tourneur, Middleton, Webster, Ford, pg. 145*Index, pg. 197 Long Description 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 several older poets and examines Shakespeare in particular to show how literary modernity depends, not on chronological considerations, but on the process of mimesis, or imitation, that art has traditionally claimed for itself. In analyzing Shakespeares major tragedies, Professor Felperin notes that each carries within it a model of its dramatic prototypes, and therefore requires a conservative response from its interpreters. In the interest of being truer to life than its model, however, each play departs from that model and so requires a Romantic or modernist response as well. The author contends that Shakespeares meaning arises from this ambivalent relation to the forms of the past. Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Details ISBN0691642222 Short Title SHAKESPEAREAN REPRESENTATION Pages 212 Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691642222 ISBN-13 9780691642222 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 822.33 Imprint Princeton University Press Subtitle Mimesis and Modernity in Elizabethan Tragedy Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-04-19 Translated from English Series Number 1752 UK Release Date 2016-04-19 NZ Release Date 2016-04-19 US Release Date 2016-04-19 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Alternative 9780691063416 AU Release Date 2016-06-27 Author Howard M. Felperin Series Princeton Legacy Library We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:144702732;

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