Conceiving desire in Lyly and Shakespeare : metaphor, cognition and eros /

"To 'conceive' desire is to acknowledge the generative potential of the erotic imagination, its capacity to impart form and make meaning out of the most elusive experiences. Drawing from cognitive theories about the metaphorical nature of thought, Gillian Knoll traces the contours of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Knoll, Gillian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
Series:Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
Subjects:
Lyly, John, > 1554?-1606 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Lyly, John, > 1554?-1606
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Lyly, John > 1554-1606
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616
Desire in literature.
Désir dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Desire in literature
Begierde > Motiv
Literatur
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction; Part I. Motion; Introduction. The Physics and Metaphysics of Metaphor; Chapter 1. The Erotic Potential of Idleness in Lyly's Drama; Chapter 2. The 'Raging Motions' of Eros on Shakespeare's Stage; Part II. Space; Introduction. 'In love.'; Chapter 3. 'A petty world of myself': Intimacy and Erotic Distance in Endymion; Chapter 4. Binding the void: The Erotics of Place in Antony and Cleopatra; Part III. Creativity; Introduction. Erotic Subject, Object, Instrument; Chapter 5. Love's Use in Campaspe; Chapter 6. 'You lie, in faith': Making Marriage in The Taming of the Shrew; Conclusion. Metaphorical Constraints: Making 'frenzy ... fine'; Bibliography; Index.

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