Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity - An Introductory Essay (Paperback, Reissue)

Although a third of his plays are set in the ancient world and he constantly used classical mythology, history, and ideas, Shakespeare received a simple grammar school education and did not have a scholar's knowledge of the classics. The critical implications of this are the subject of "Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity" . Against a recent academic tendency to exaggerate Shakespeare's learning, the authors investigate how he used his comparatively restricted knowledge to create, for example, an unusually convincing picture of Rome, and analyse, by presenting us with careful readings of specific passages, the styles Shakespeare employed under the influence of classical writers, especially Ovid, Seneca, and (in translation) Homer and Plutarch.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Michelle Martindale
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-10426-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
LSN:	0-415-10426-2
Barcode:	9780415104265

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