Agnès Lafont
Biographic Data
| ID | 5842595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agnès Lafont |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agnès |
| FAMILY NAME | Lafont |
| SIGNATURE | LAFONT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6091-2739 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Performing The Maid's Metamorphosis , then and now
This essay opens by probing what can be extrapolated about the early performance history of the anonymous comedy The Maid's Metamorphosis (1600), performed by the Children of Paul's, based on its title page statement, internal evidence from the play, and contemporary letters. It argues it may have been conceived as part of the nuptial festivities for Anne Russell and Henry Somerset, Lord Herbert (Blackfriars, 16 June 1600). Then, it moves to cons…
Dabbs, Thomas, creator and host. Speaking of Shakespeare
AGU) in Tokyo, started a casual program, Speaking of Shakespeare, in which he interviewed colleagues in and beyond Japan, sharing interests and news during lockdown.The first batch of six episodes (recorded between October 2020 and March 2021) was streamed in August 2021.Since that time, with support from AGU and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Speaking of Shakespeare has become a regular series.Each month, one or two episodes are…
Shakespeare's Ovid and the Spectre of the Medieval
International audience
Macbeth
International audience
Play review
Interweaving myths in Shakespeare and his contemporaries
This volume proposes new insights into the uses of classical mythology by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, focusing on interweaving processes in early modern appropriations of myth. Its 11 essays show how early modern writing intertwines diverse myths and plays with variant versions of individual myths that derive from multiple classical sources, as well as medieval, Tudor and early modern retellings and translations. Works discussed include p…
Marlowe’s Ovid
International audience
Ovidian Bibliofictions and the Tudor Book
Ovidian Bibliofictions and the Tudor Book: Metamorphosing Classical Heroines in Late Medieval and Renaissance England. Lindsay Ann Reid. Material Readings in Early Modern Culture. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2014. xii + 218 pp. $109.95. - Volume 68 Issue 4
French Reflections in the Shakespearean Tragic
International audience
Shakespeare's Ovid and the Spectre of the Medieval
International audience
French Reflections in the Shakespearean Tragic
International audience
Marlowe’s Ovid
International audience
Ovidian Bibliofictions and the Tudor Book
Ovidian Bibliofictions and the Tudor Book: Metamorphosing Classical Heroines in Late Medieval and Renaissance England. Lindsay Ann Reid. Material Readings in Early Modern Culture. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2014. xii + 218 pp. $109.95. - Volume 68 Issue 4
Interweaving myths in Shakespeare and his contemporaries
This volume proposes new insights into the uses of classical mythology by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, focusing on interweaving processes in early modern appropriations of myth. Its 11 essays show how early modern writing intertwines diverse myths and plays with variant versions of individual myths that derive from multiple classical sources, as well as medieval, Tudor and early modern retellings and translations. Works discussed include p…
Macbeth
International audience
Play review
Shakespeare's Ovid and the Spectre of the Medieval
International audience
Performing The Maid's Metamorphosis , then and now
This essay opens by probing what can be extrapolated about the early performance history of the anonymous comedy The Maid's Metamorphosis (1600), performed by the Children of Paul's, based on its title page statement, internal evidence from the play, and contemporary letters. It argues it may have been conceived as part of the nuptial festivities for Anne Russell and Henry Somerset, Lord Herbert (Blackfriars, 16 June 1600). Then, it moves to cons…
Dabbs, Thomas, creator and host. Speaking of Shakespeare
AGU) in Tokyo, started a casual program, Speaking of Shakespeare, in which he interviewed colleagues in and beyond Japan, sharing interests and news during lockdown.The first batch of six episodes (recorded between October 2020 and March 2021) was streamed in August 2021.Since that time, with support from AGU and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Speaking of Shakespeare has become a regular series.Each month, one or two episodes are…
Art (6 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Classics (2 works)