The Renaissance discovery of violence, from Boccaccio to Shakespeare /

Many have wondered why the works of Shakespeare and other early modern writers are so filled with violence, with murder and mayhem. This work explains how and why, putting the literature of the European Renaissance in the context of the history of violence. Personal violence was on the decline in Eu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Appelbaum, Robert, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Anthem Press, 2022.
Colección:Anthem studies in Renaissance literature and culture.
Temas:
1450-1600
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.
Violence in literature.
Littérature européenne > 1450-1600 (Renaissance) > Histoire et critique.
Violence dans la littérature.
European literature > Renaissance
Violence in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Overture : The Show of Violence
  • The Moral Economy of Violence in the Renaissance Novella Collection : Straparola, Bandello and Marguerite de Navarre
  • Pacifism, Erasmus and More
  • Violence as Labor : The Heroic Narrative
  • "Tragedy Shows Us What We Must Flee From"
  • Afterword.

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