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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... demons . Those demons , moreover , are decidedly theirs . In other words , the wicked creatures who prey upon the frail Saint Anthonys of Bosch , Grünewald , and others are a projection of Anthony's inner being ; they are an innate part ...
... demons . Those demons , moreover , are decidedly theirs . In other words , the wicked creatures who prey upon the frail Saint Anthonys of Bosch , Grünewald , and others are a projection of Anthony's inner being ; they are an innate part ...
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... demons , and his Tau staff , which he clutches in his right hand while a devil assaults his grasp . Such visual play suggests that Anthony's demons stem from him ; they , like his few material pos- sessions , symbolize his own ...
... demons , and his Tau staff , which he clutches in his right hand while a devil assaults his grasp . Such visual play suggests that Anthony's demons stem from him ; they , like his few material pos- sessions , symbolize his own ...
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... demons . Twelfth Night's Antonio complements The Merchant's . Rather than avoid the harsh challenges of worldly ... demon persists in this play , it is the " darkness " of " ignorance , " the fond trust in one's own knowledge and ...
... demons . Twelfth Night's Antonio complements The Merchant's . Rather than avoid the harsh challenges of worldly ... demon persists in this play , it is the " darkness " of " ignorance , " the fond trust in one's own knowledge and ...
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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