
Inscribing the Time
Shakespeare and the End of Elizabethan England
Eric S. Mallin(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 2. October 1995
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-520-08623-4 (ISBN)
Description
Combining the resources of new historicism, feminism and postmodern textual analysis, this book reveals how contemporary pressures left their mark on three Shakespeare plays written at the end of Elizabeth's reign. The language of "Troilus and Cressida", "Hamlet" and "Twelfth Night" echoes the events and anxieties of the time: "Troilus" reflects the rebellion of the Earl of Essex and the failure of the courtly, chivalric style; "Hamlet" resonates with the danger of the bubonic plague and the difficult succession history of James I; and "Twelfth Night" is imbued with nostalgia for an earlier period of Elizabeth's rule, when her control over religious and erotic affairs seemed more secure.
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Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-08623-4 (9780520086234)
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Person
Eric S. Mallin is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.