David Currell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1306026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Currell |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Currell |
| SIGNATURE | CURRELL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University of Beirut |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4348-9961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ovid and Masculinity in English Renaissance Literature
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Who Loses and Who Wins
The paradoxical condition of victory in defeat and defeat in victory is an epic motif fruitfully elaborated in Renaissance tragicomedy. The Two Noble Kinsmen probes the meanings of winning and losing as it continues a game of epic imitation reaching back to Statius's Thebaid. In Fletcher's and Shakespeare's restaging of Thebanness, paradigmatic locus of the motif, the question "Is this winning?" captures a representation of chivalric ideals, purp…
Milton in the Arab-Muslim World
Milton and Islam
Meditations on Mediation
This paper explores theological and textual confluences between John Milton and Islamic theology. Rather than argue for the direct influence of Islamic sources on Milton, a series of historical and intellectual contexts are adduced which mediated contact between English and Islamic (especially Ottoman) cultures: the Mediterranean trade conducted by the Levant Company, the seventeenth-century acceleration and institutionalization of Arabic scholar…
As He Refined the Language’
This essay was runner‐up in the 2005 Literature Compass Graduate Essay Prize, Seventeenth Century Section. The essay surveys Dryden's prose works, and his career as translator from Westminster School to Fables Ancient and Modern , in order to show his conception of literary translation as a tool to elevate, enrich and refine the English language. Dryden had a heavy investment in the idea of translatio studii , the translation of the arts between …
As He Refined the Language’
This essay was runner‐up in the 2005 Literature Compass Graduate Essay Prize, Seventeenth Century Section. The essay surveys Dryden's prose works, and his career as translator from Westminster School to Fables Ancient and Modern , in order to show his conception of literary translation as a tool to elevate, enrich and refine the English language. Dryden had a heavy investment in the idea of translatio studii , the translation of the arts between …
Milton and Islam
Meditations on Mediation
This paper explores theological and textual confluences between John Milton and Islamic theology. Rather than argue for the direct influence of Islamic sources on Milton, a series of historical and intellectual contexts are adduced which mediated contact between English and Islamic (especially Ottoman) cultures: the Mediterranean trade conducted by the Levant Company, the seventeenth-century acceleration and institutionalization of Arabic scholar…
Milton in the Arab-Muslim World
Who Loses and Who Wins
The paradoxical condition of victory in defeat and defeat in victory is an epic motif fruitfully elaborated in Renaissance tragicomedy. The Two Noble Kinsmen probes the meanings of winning and losing as it continues a game of epic imitation reaching back to Statius's Thebaid. In Fletcher's and Shakespeare's restaging of Thebanness, paradigmatic locus of the motif, the question "Is this winning?" captures a representation of chivalric ideals, purp…
Ovid and Masculinity in English Renaissance Literature
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
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