M. Matei-Chesnoiu

Re-imagining Western European Geography in English Renaissance Drama

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Produktbeschreibung

Matei-Chesnoiu examines the changing understanding of world geography in sixteenth-century England and the concomitant involvement of the London theatre in shaping a new perception of Western European space. Fresh readings are offered of Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, Dekker, Massinger, Marston, and others.

Produktdetails

• Early Modern Literature in History
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-34950-0
• 1st ed. 2012
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9781349349500
• ISBN-10: 134934950X
• Artikelnr.: 45068004

Autorenporträt

Monica Matei-Chesnoiu is Professor of English literature at Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction: Dramatic Geographies of the Self Geography as the Eye of History Romanticized France in the English Imagination Shifting Views of the German Principalities Geography and Trade: The Low Countries and Denmark Spain from Court to Country Notes Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

"This is an intriguing book with wide cross-disciplinary appeal, engaging with literary, political, historical and geographical texts to show the interwoven nature of places, peoples, events and representations." - Literature & History