Love's Victory and La Mirtilla in the canon of renaissance tragicomedy
An examination of the influence of salon and social debates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23236292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Campbell (Think A Move (United States), corresponding author), Julie D Campbell |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-125 |
| Publication date | 1997-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0969-9082 • E-ISSN: 1747-5848 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09699089700200004 |
| OpenAlex | W2037719114 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Lady Mary Wroth's play, Love's Victory, and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream are plays about love in all its phases, and both contain key passages and framing concepts that echo each other. That Wroth had ample opportunity to be influenced by Shakespeare's works is a point upon which most scholars agree, although it is difficult to trace specific examples of influence; however, we may examine duplication of themes and language that suggest intertextual connections. In this study I examine the plays' depictions of the many facets of love, their parallels in characterization, and their exploration of situations in which women woo and couples seek to escape arranged marriages. Ultimately, we see that the intertexual connections between the plays provide not only grounds for speculation about Wroth's familiarity with and appropriation of Shakespeare's work but also reveal differences and similarities concerning how male and female Renaissance writers chose to portray topics of popular debate, such as issues contested in the Querelle des Femmes. Isabella Andreini's La Mirtilla especially provides candid examples. Additionally, we see that these portrayals intertextually create dialogues that form an extension of the popular debates in a way that supports Roland Barthes's idea of texts themselves as networks
Appropriation · Art · Chivalry · Dream · Literature · Parallels · Politics · Romance · Victory · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |