Shakespeare, Politics, and Italy - Intertextuality on the Jacobean Stage (Hardcover, New Ed)

The use of Italian culture in the Jacobean theatre was never an isolated gesture. In considering the ideological repercussions of references to Italy in prominent works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Michael J. Redmond argues that early modern intertextuality was a dynamic process of allusion, quotation, and revision. Beyond any individual narrative source, Redmond foregrounds the fundamental role of Italian textual precedents in the staging of domestic anxieties about state crisis, nationalism, and court intrigue. By focusing on the self-conscious, overt rehearsal of existing texts and genres, the book offers a new approach to the intertextual strategies of early modern English political drama. The pervasive circulation of Cinquecento political theorists like Machiavelli, Castiglione, and Guicciardini combined with recurrent English representations of Italy to ensure that the negotiation with previous writing formed an integral part of the dramatic agendas of period plays.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Michael J Redmond
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-6251-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	0-7546-6251-9
Barcode:	9780754662518

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