Interweaving myths in Shakespeare and his contemporaries

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ID19928792
EditorsJanice Valls-Russell (0000-0002-0945-1399), Agnès Lafont (0000-0001-6091-2739), Charlotte Coffin
Year2017
Publication date2017-10-06
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueInterweaving Myths in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherManchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.7765/9781526117694
OpenAlexW3211478061
ISBN9781526117694
Open LibraryOL35529138M
LanguageEN
Citations received5

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 poems and plays by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and others. Essays concentrate on specific plays including The Merchant of Venice and Dido Queen of Carthage, tracing interactions between myths, chronicles, the Bible and contemporary genres. Mythological figures are considered to demonstrate how the weaving together of sources deconstructs gendered representations. New meanings emerge from these readings, which open up methodological perspectives on multi-textuality, artistic appropriation and cultural hybridity

Art · Literature · Mythology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · 1500-1600 · 1564-1616 · Criticism and interpretation · English drama · English drama, early modern and elizabethan · English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan · History and criticism · Mythology, in literature · Shakespeare, william, criticism and interpretation

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