Spectacles of strangeness : imperialism, alienation, and Marlowe /

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Oriental barbarians, black magicians, homosexuals, African queens and kings, Machiavellian Christians, Turks, and Jews - for an English audience of the sixteenth century, these are marginal, unorthodox, and strange figures. They are also the central figures in the plays of Christopher Marlowe. In Sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bartels, Emily Carroll
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1993.
Subjects:
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593 > Criticism and interpretation.
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593 > Critique et interprétation.
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593
Marlowe, Christopher.
Political plays, English > History and criticism.
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
Drama > Psychological aspects.
Imperialism in literature.
Exoticism in literature.
Aesthetics, British.
Spectacular, The.
Théâtre politique anglais > Histoire et critique.
Aliénation (Psychologie sociale) dans la littérature.
Théâtre (Genre littéraire) > Aspect psychologique.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Exotisme dans la littérature.
Esthétique britannique.
Spectaculaire.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Renaissance.
Aesthetics, British
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature
Drama > Psychological aspects
Exoticism in literature
Imperialism in literature
Political plays, English
Spectacular, The
Imperialismus
Entfremdung
Exotismus
Imperialismus > Motiv
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Setting the Stage. Ch. 1. Strange and Estranging Spectacles: Strategies of State and Stage
  • pt. II. The Alien Abroad. Ch. 2. Reproducing Africa: Dido, Queen of Carthage and Colonialist Discourse. Ch. 3. East of England: Imperialist Self-Construction in Tamburlaine, Parts 1 and 2. Ch. 4. Capitalizing on the Jew: The Third Term in The Jew of Malta
  • pt. III. The Alien at Home. Ch. 5. Demonizing Magic: Patterns of Power in Doctor Faustus. Ch. 6. The Show of Sodomy: Minions and Dominions in Edward II.

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