Hunger, Appetite and the Politics of the Renaissance Stage
Published on 2. June 2021
246 pages
978-1-108-93508-1 (ISBN)
Description
Hunger and appetite permeate Renaissance theatre, with servants, soldiers, courtiers and misers all defined with striking regularity through their relation to food. Demonstrating the profound ongoing relevance of Marxist literary theory, Hunger, Appetite and the Politics of the Renaissance Stage highlights the decisive role of these drives in the complex politics of early modern drama. Plenty and excess were thematically inseparable from scarcity and want for contemporary audiences, such that hunger and appetite together acquired a unique significance as both subject and medium of political debate. Focusing critical attention on the relationship between cultural texts and the material base of society, Matthew Williamson reveals the close connections between how these drives were represented and the underlying socioeconomic changes of the period. At the same time, he shows how hunger and appetite provided the theatres with a means of conceptualising these changes and interrogating the forces that motivated them.
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Language
English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Professional and scholarly
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File size
2,54 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-93508-1 (9781108935081)
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Matt Williamson
Hunger, Appetite and the Politics of the Renaissance Stage
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06/2021
Cambridge University Press
€108.40
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Content
Introduction; 1. Thinking through hunger and appetite in Renaissance England; 2. Service; 3. The food gift; 4. Sexual desire; 5. Female food refusal; 6. Imperial appetites; 7. Revolt.
