John W Velz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1105208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John W Velz |
| GIVEN NAMES | John W |
| FAMILY NAME | Velz |
| SIGNATURE | VELZ J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Virgil and the Tempest
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The Actor in History
Scatology and Moral Meaning in Two English Renaissance Plays
A sufficiently generous response to the aesthetics of medieval drama may discern indirect and profound moral meaning in some of the scabrous language that has traditionally been regarded as crudity beneath serious literary interpretation.' The question of naif anachronism and anatopism can serve as an illustrative analogue. The generation of William Archer thought illogic about time and place an evasion of dramaturgical responsibility,2 but when …
Gascoigne, Lyly, and the Wooing of Bianca
Journal Article GASCOIGNE, LYLY, AND THE WOOING OF BIANCA Get access JOHN W. VELZ JOHN W. VELZ University of Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume 20, Issue 4, April 1973, Pages 130–133, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/20-4-130 Published: 01 April 1973
Two Emblems in Brutus' Orchard
Two difficult passages in the second act of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar can be illuminated if each is interpreted as an emblem. Brutus’ troublesome first soliloquy and the strange dialogue among three conspirators about where the sun rises are both moments of great moral intensity; Brutus meditates on the necessity of assassinating Caesar in the first passage and commits himself to the conspiracy during the second. We might plausibly look to icon…
Some Modern Views of Shakespeare’s Classicism
Some Modern Views of Shakespeare’s Classicism
Two Emblems in Brutus' Orchard
Two difficult passages in the second act of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar can be illuminated if each is interpreted as an emblem. Brutus’ troublesome first soliloquy and the strange dialogue among three conspirators about where the sun rises are both moments of great moral intensity; Brutus meditates on the necessity of assassinating Caesar in the first passage and commits himself to the conspiracy during the second. We might plausibly look to icon…
Gascoigne, Lyly, and the Wooing of Bianca
Journal Article GASCOIGNE, LYLY, AND THE WOOING OF BIANCA Get access JOHN W. VELZ JOHN W. VELZ University of Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume 20, Issue 4, April 1973, Pages 130–133, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/20-4-130 Published: 01 April 1973
Scatology and Moral Meaning in Two English Renaissance Plays
A sufficiently generous response to the aesthetics of medieval drama may discern indirect and profound moral meaning in some of the scabrous language that has traditionally been regarded as crudity beneath serious literary interpretation.' The question of naif anachronism and anatopism can serve as an illustrative analogue. The generation of William Archer thought illogic about time and place an evasion of dramaturgical responsibility,2 but when …
The Actor in History
Virgil and the Tempest
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Art (6 works) · Art history (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (2 works)