Constructing Monsters in Shakespeare's Drama and Early Modern Culture

By:

Mark Thornton Burnett

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Hardback

Series:

Early Modern Literature in History

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This text argues for the crucial place of the "monster" in the early modern imagination. Mark Thornton Burnett traces the metaphorical significance of "monstrous" forms across a range of early modern exhibition spaces - fairground displays, "cabinets of curiosity" and court entertainments - to contend that the "monster" finds its most intriguing manifestation in the investments and practices of contemporary theatre. The study's fresh readings of Shakespeare, Marlowe and Jonson make a powerful case for the drama's contribution to debates about the "extraordinary body".

Author Biography:

MARK THORNTON BURNETT is a Reader in English at Queen's University, Belfast. He is author of Masters and Servants in English Renaissance Drama and Culture: Authority and Obedience, editor of Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Plays and Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Poems.

Release date NZ

October 28th, 2002

Author

Mark Thornton Burnett

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

VIII, 262 p.

Pages

262

Series

Early Modern Literature in History

Dimensions

140x216x18

ISBN-13

9780333914342

Product ID

5346888

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