Shakespeare's Italian Settings and Plays
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1988
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-43966-1 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-43966-1 (ISBN)
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This study discusses Shakespeare's eight non-classical Italian plays against the background of Elizabethan and Jacobean England's love/hate relationship with that country. The book presents first an Italian area, then considers plays located in that area and whether Shakespeare visited Italy.
This study discusses Shakespeare's eight non-classical comedies and tragedies set in Italy against the background of Elizabethan and Jacobean England's love/hate relationship with that country. The book is arranged to present first an Italian area from the viewpoint of the turn of the 17th century, then to consider plays located in that area. The discussion of Venice is followed by an examination of "The Merchant of Venice" and "Othello"; the so-called "terra firma" followed by consideration of the three plays located in cities Venice ruled; lastly the author looks beyond the Signory and at "All's Well that Ends Well", "Much Ado about Nothing" and "The Tempest". The book concludes with a chapter reviewing opinion as to whether Shakespeare visited Italy . Murray J. Levith is the author of several books including "What's in Shakespeare's Names".
This study discusses Shakespeare's eight non-classical comedies and tragedies set in Italy against the background of Elizabethan and Jacobean England's love/hate relationship with that country. The book is arranged to present first an Italian area from the viewpoint of the turn of the 17th century, then to consider plays located in that area. The discussion of Venice is followed by an examination of "The Merchant of Venice" and "Othello"; the so-called "terra firma" followed by consideration of the three plays located in cities Venice ruled; lastly the author looks beyond the Signory and at "All's Well that Ends Well", "Much Ado about Nothing" and "The Tempest". The book concludes with a chapter reviewing opinion as to whether Shakespeare visited Italy . Murray J. Levith is the author of several books including "What's in Shakespeare's Names".
Illyria, Italia, Englandia; Venice - "The Merchant of Venice", "Othello"; the Terra Firma - "The Taming of the Shrew", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"; beyond the Signory - "All's Well that Ends Well", "Much Ado about Nothing", "The Tempest"; the undiscovered country.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.12.1988 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. |
| Zusatzinfo | index |
| Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 220 mm |
| Gewicht | 310 g |
| Themenwelt | Bildbände ► Europa ► Italien |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-333-43966-X / 033343966X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-333-43966-1 / 9780333439661 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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