Thomas Mcalindon, t. Mcalindon — Shakespeare's Tragic Cosmos

Paperback; 1996; Cambridge University Press; 328pp.; Paperback 1996 met schoon binnenwerk, bescheiden leeftijdseigen verdonkering. Recht boekblok. Omslag OK, zonder leeslijntjes in de rug. -- Conditie: Goed; Focusing on 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Julius Caesar', the four main tragedies and 'Antony and Cleopatra', the author examines two models of nature in Renaissance culture, one hierarchical and the other contrarious. This study focuses on Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, the four main tragedies and Antony and Cleopatra. Tom McAlindon argues that there were two models of nature in Renaissance culture, one hierarchical, in which everything has an appointed place, and the other contrarious, showing nature as a tense system of interacting opposites, liable to sudden collapse and transformation. This latter model informs Shakespeare's tragedy.; Engels; ISBN10: 0521566053, ISBN13: 9780521566056