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- catalog abstract ""Drawing upon popular practices, vernacular literature and neglected archival deposits, Constructing 'Monsters' in Shakespearean Drama and Early Modern Culture argues for the crucial place of the 'monster' in the early modern imagination. At once intangible and corporeal, classifiable and incomprehensible, the 'monster' answered to conflicting anxieites about social identity while also shaping the period's new philosophies. The metaphorical significance of 'monstrous' forms extends across a range of early modern exhibition spaces - fairground displays, 'cabinets of curiosity' and court entertainments. But the 'monster', Burnett contends, finds its most intriguing manifestation in the ideological investments, and performative activities, of contemporary theatre. The study's new readings of Shakespeare, Marlowe and Jonson establish forceful links between seemingly divergent locations, thereby restoring to the theatre and its productions a multi-layered cultural resonance. This volume makes a powerful case for the drama's contribution to debates about the 'extraordinary body'."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12663547.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Drawing upon popular practices, vernacular literature and neglected archival deposits, Constructing 'Monsters' in Shakespearean Drama and Early Modern Culture argues for the crucial place of the 'monster' in the early modern imagination. At once intangible and corporeal, classifiable and incomprehensible, the 'monster' answered to conflicting anxieites about social identity while also shaping the period's new philosophies. The metaphorical significance of 'monstrous' forms extends across a range of early modern exhibition spaces - fairground displays, 'cabinets of curiosity' and court entertainments. But the 'monster', Burnett contends, finds its most intriguing manifestation in the ideological investments, and performative activities, of contemporary theatre. The study's new readings of Shakespeare, Marlowe and Jonson establish forceful links between seemingly divergent locations, thereby restoring to the theatre and its productions a multi-layered cultural resonance. This volume makes a powerful case for the drama's contribution to debates about the 'extraordinary body'."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-242) and index.".
- catalog description "Mapping 'Monsters' -- 'The strangest men that ever Nature made': Manufacturing 'Monsters' in Tamburlaine the Great -- 'Monsters' and 'Molas': Body Politics in Richard III -- 'As it is credibly thought': Conceiving 'Monsters' in Othello -- 'Were I in England now': Localizing 'Monsters' in The Tempest -- 'If there be never a servant-monster': Translating 'Monsters' in Bartholomew Fair.".
- catalog extent "viii, 262 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0333914341 (cloth)".
- catalog isPartOf "Early modern literature in history (Palgrave (Firm))".
- catalog isPartOf "Early modern literature in history".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave Macmillan,".
- catalog subject "822.3/3 21".
- catalog subject "Human body in literature.".
- catalog subject "Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Bartholomew Fair.".
- catalog subject "Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Tamburlaine the Great.".
- catalog subject "Monsters in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR2992.M65 B87 2002".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Characters Monsters.".
- catalog subject "Timur, 1336-1405 In literature.".
- catalog subject "Villains in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Mapping 'Monsters' -- 'The strangest men that ever Nature made': Manufacturing 'Monsters' in Tamburlaine the Great -- 'Monsters' and 'Molas': Body Politics in Richard III -- 'As it is credibly thought': Conceiving 'Monsters' in Othello -- 'Were I in England now': Localizing 'Monsters' in The Tempest -- 'If there be never a servant-monster': Translating 'Monsters' in Bartholomew Fair.".
- catalog title "Constructing 'monsters' in Shakespearean drama and early modern culture / Mark Thornton Burnett.".
- catalog type "text".