Shakespeare and the Gods

Professor Virginia Mason Vaughan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2020
The Arden Shakespeare (Verlag)
978-1-4742-8426-4 (ISBN)

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Now available in paperback, Shakespeare and the Gods examines Shakespeare’s many allusions to six classical gods (Jupiter, Diana, Venus, Mars, Hercules and Ceres) that enhance his readers’ and audiences’ understanding and enjoyment of his work. Vaughan explains their historical context, from their origins in ancient Greece to their appropriation in Rome and their role in medieval and early modern mythography. The book also illuminates Shakespeare’s classical allusions by comparison to the work of contemporaries like Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson and Thomas Heywood and explores allusive patterns that repeat throughout Shakespeare’s canon.

Each chapter concludes with a more focused reading of one or two plays in which the god appears or serves as an underlying motif. Shakespeare and the Gods highlights throughout the gods’ participation in western constructions of gender as well as classical myth’s role in changing attitudes toward human violence and sexuality.

Virginia Mason Vaughan is Professor Emerita and Research Professor in the Department of English at Clark University, USA. She is a leading international expert on The Tempest, and co-editor of the Arden Third Series edition of the play. Her publications also include Antony and Cleopatra: Language and Writing (Arden Shakespeare, 2015), The Tempest: A Critical Reader (co-edited with Alden T. Vaughan, Arden Shakespeare, 2014), and Women Making Shakespeare: Text, Reception and Performance (co-edited with Gordon McMullan, Lena Cowen Orlin, Arden Shakespeare, 2013).

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on Text
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One: Contexts
Chapter Two: Jupiter
Chapter Three: Venus
Chapter Four: Hercules
Chapter Five: Diana
Chapter Six: Mars
Chapter Seven: Ceres
Afterthoughts
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.03.2020
Zusatzinfo	10 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4742-8426-4 / 1474284264
ISBN-13	978-1-4742-8426-4 / 9781474284264
Zustand	Neuware