Cavendish and Shakespeare, InterconnectionsRoutledge, 28.10.2019 - 232 Seiten Cavendish and Shakespeare, Interconnections explores the relationship between the plays of William Shakespeare and the writings of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673). Cavendish wrote 25 plays in the 1650s and 60s, making her one of the most prolific playwrights”man or woman”of the seventeenth century. The essays contained in this volume fit together as studies of various sorts of influence, both literary and historical, setting Cavendish's appropriation of Shakespearean characters and plot structures within the context of the English Civil Wars and the Fronde. The essays trace Shakespeare's influence on Cavendish, explore the political implications of Cavendish's contribution to Shakespeare's reputation, and investigate the politics of influence more generally. The collection covers topics ranging from Cavendish's strategic use of Shakespeare to establish her own reputation to her adaptation of Shakespeare's martial imagery, moral philosophy, and marriage plots, as well as the conventions of cross dressing on stage. Other topics include Shakespeare and Cavendish read aloud; Cavendish's formally hybrid appropriation of Shakespearean comedy and tragedy; her transformation of Shakespearean women on trial; and her re-imagining of Shakespearean models of sexuality and pleasure. |
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Shakespeare Cavendish and Reading Aloud in SeventeenthCentury | |
A New Way to Serve Old Ingredients in The Religious | |
Shakespeare Cavendish and | |
Margaret Cavendish | |
Margaret | |
Cavendish Shakespeare and French Women | |
The Unnatural Tragedy and Familial Absolutisms | |
Restored | |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Cavendish and Shakespeare: Interconnections Katherine Romack,James Fitzmaurice Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2006 |
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Affectionata Amazons Antony aristocratic audience banquet of sense Bell in Campo Ben Jonson Blazing World Cavendish’s play century characters Chastity claims Cleopatra comedy Convent of Pleasure Country Captain critical cross-dressing cultural dramatic Dryden’s Duchess of Newcastle Duke Early Modern edition England English essay female femme forte figure Fletcher folio frondeuses gender Henri de Rohan Henry Hermione heroines Humour husband James Fitzmaurice John Jonson Lady Happy Leontes libertine literary London Loves Adventures male Margaret Cavendish Margaret of Anjou Marguerite de Béthune marriage martial Matrimonial Trouble Measure for Measure military nature Never before Printed Newcastle’s Odd-Humour Orations performance play’s Playes playwrights poem poet political readers reading aloud Renaissance Restoration Rohan role Royalists Rubenshuis scene seventeenth seventeenth-century sexual Shakespeare Shakespeare’s play Shannon Miller Sociable Companions Sociable Letters soldiers stage subplots suggests theatrical tragicomedy University Press warriors Whitaker wife William Cavendish William Shakespeare Winter’s Tale woman women Worlds Olio writing