Supernatural environments in Shakespeare's England : spaces of demonism, divinity, and drama /

Bringing together recent scholarship on religion and the spatial imagination, Kristen Poole examines how changing religious beliefs and transforming conceptions of space were mutually informative in the decades around 1600. Supernatural Environments in Shakespeare's England explores a series of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Poole, Kristen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
1500-1699
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Supernatural in literature.
Space in literature.
Supernatural > History > 16th century.
Supernatural > History > 17th century.
Religion and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Religion and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Surnaturel dans la littérature.
Espace dans la littérature.
Surnaturel > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Surnaturel > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Religion et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Religion et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Religion and literature.
Supernatural.
England.
Electronic resource.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on the text; Prologue: Setting
  • and unsettling
  • the stage; Introduction: The space of the supernatural; Chapter 1 The devil's in the archive: Ovidian physics and Doctor Faustus; Chapter 2 Scene at the deathbed: Ars moriendi, Othello, and envisioning the supernatural; Chapter 3 When hell freezes over: The fabulous Mount Hecla and Hamlet's infernal geography; Chapter 4 Metamorphic cosmologies: The world according to Calvin, Hooker, and Macbeth; Chapter 5 Divine geometry in a geodetic age: Surveying, God, and The Tempest.
  • Epilogue: Re-enchanting geographyNotes to the text; Index.

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