Particular Saints: Shakespeare's Four Antonios, Their Contexts, and Their PlaysUniversity of Delaware Press, 1997 - 250 Seiten Why do characters named Antonio proliferate on the English Renaissance stage? Why are they so often paired with other characters named Sebastian? And more significantly, why are they repeatedly characterized by Shakespeare and his contemporaries as fools for love? Particular Saints draws on church history, art history, and theater history to address these questions by illustrating that Renaissance stage Antonios are a type, representing a tradition familiar to early modern audiences and exploited by Shakespeare in portraying his four major characters named Antonio. Such characters ultimately derive from the rich medieval iconography and hagiography of Saint Anthony of Egypt. How this knowledge reinforms our late-twentieth-century understanding of the four plays in question is addressed in separate chapters that range widely across each work: The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest. |
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... Portia's father's lottery serves as a skeletal script : it repeatedly prompts suitors to write their own lines within a narrowly defined formula , and it deposits Portia within similar legal confines , which are represented by the ...
... Portia's father's lottery serves as a skeletal script : it repeatedly prompts suitors to write their own lines within a narrowly defined formula , and it deposits Portia within similar legal confines , which are represented by the ...
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... Portia's characterization as one who braves the hard vicissitudes of life in order to enjoy its rewards reaches a turning point in 3.4 . Easily deceiving Lorenzo and Jessica , she proposes to " abide " in a " monast❜ry two miles off ...
... Portia's characterization as one who braves the hard vicissitudes of life in order to enjoy its rewards reaches a turning point in 3.4 . Easily deceiving Lorenzo and Jessica , she proposes to " abide " in a " monast❜ry two miles off ...
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... Portia's judgment , both private and public . Something has to give or go , lest even the mere semblance of domestic and social order evaporate . That something is Shylock's personality . Portia's capacity for resolving the controversy ...
... Portia's judgment , both private and public . Something has to give or go , lest even the mere semblance of domestic and social order evaporate . That something is Shylock's personality . Portia's capacity for resolving the controversy ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Characters Named Antonio | 20 |
Antonio and Alienation in | 51 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Particular Saints: Shakespeare's Four Antonios, Their Contexts, and Their Plays Cynthia Lewis Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1997 |
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