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"If Then the World a Theatre Present ..." : Revisions of the Theatrum Mundi Metaphor in Early Modern England.

To picture the world as a theatre has been a common procedure since antiquity. In early modernity, however, the theatrum mundi became a particularly prominent metaphor, especially in England where it was used by playwrights as well as by theologians opposed to the professional theatre. This volume e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quiring, Björn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2014.
Colección:Pluralisierung & Autorität.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:To picture the world as a theatre has been a common procedure since antiquity. In early modernity, however, the theatrum mundi became a particularly prominent metaphor, especially in England where it was used by playwrights as well as by theologians opposed to the professional theatre. This volume examines how and why the uses of the metaphor proliferated at that time, drawing on plays, pamphlets, other textual sources as well as on images.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (246 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
ISBN:3110343932
9783110292299
3110292297
9783110343939
3110383675
9783110383676