Greeks and Trojans on the Early Modern English Stage

Lisa Hopkins

Published by Medieval Institute Publications 2020

Greeks and Trojans on the Early Modern English Stage

Lisa Hopkins

In the series Late Tudor and Stuart Drama

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501514623

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No story was more interesting to Shakespeare and his contemporaries than that of Troy, partly because the story of Troy was in a sense the story of England, since the Trojan prince Aeneas was supposedly the ancestor of the Tudors. This book explores the wide range of allusions to Greece and Troy in plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, looking not only at plays actually set in Greece or Troy but also those which draw on characters and motifs from Greek mythology and the Trojan War. Texts covered include Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, Othello, Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Pericles and The Tempest as well as plays by other authors of the period including Marlowe, Chettle, Ford and Beaumont and Fletcher.

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Lisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Wandering Trojans
Chapter 1. What’s Actaeon to Aeneas? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter 2. Aeneas and the Voyagers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Part II: The Ruins of Troy
Chapter 3. Troilus and Cressida: Shakespeare’s Wooden World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 4. Where Is Hector Now? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter 5. Making Troy New Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Part III: Striking Too Short at Greeks
Chapter 6. The Greek Actor: Art, Aesthetics, and Drama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Chapter 7. Metatheatre and Metamorphosis in Thomas Tomkis’s Albumazar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Part IV: Greece on the Edge
Chapter 8. The Edge of the Hellenic World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Chapter 9. What Venus Did with Mars: Love and War in the Mediterranean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225

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Language: English
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Audience: Medievalists, scholars of Literary Studies, Theatre Studies and Shakespeare Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 234
Keywords: Greece; Troy; Classical heritage; Aesthetics; Religion; Early Modern Drama

eBook

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9781501514623

Hardcover

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9781501518584