‘Figures of Exclusion’ in Mucedorus ( c . 1591)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21740475 |
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| Authors | Alexander Thom (0000-0001-5280-4105, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-72 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Literature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1535-685X • E-ISSN: 1541-2601 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1535685x.2020.1726655 |
| OpenAlex | W3006941591 |
| Language | EN |
The anonymously authored Mucedorus was the most popular printed play-text in Renaissance England. A critical consensus has condemned the play as a vulgar romance with conservative overtones. Through a close reading of the banished shepherd-prince and the cannibalistic outlaw-king, Bremo, I argue that the play instead stages a disturbing encounter between two figures of sovereign exclusion, whose differences collapse into imitation. This mirroring conflict participates within the play’s provocative depiction of other dissolving antitheses: between order and chaos, civilisation and animality, reason and violence
Art · Civilization · Depiction · HERO · Imitation · Literature · Mirroring · Political science · Romance · Sociology · Sovereignty · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Irish and British Studies · Law · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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