Erotic Suffering in Shakespeare and Sidney
| Author: | Ciraulo, Darlene | |
| Year: | 2011 | |
| Pages: | 248 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-1355-3 978-0-7734-1355-9 | |
| Price: | $179.95 + shipping | |
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Examines the influence of late antiquity Greek romances on the works of William Shakespeare and Sir Phillip Sidney.
Reviews
“[This book] gives us a new perspective on Shakespearean love and on Shakespeare's intellectual connection with Sidney.” – Prof. Christy Desmet, University of Georgia
“This book will be an important addition to our understanding of the ways in which predecessor texts and ancient ideas can appropriated for an contemporary audience, particularly when handled by writers such as Sidney and Shakespeare.” —Prof. Robert Sawyer, ETSU
“These chapters make the book especially valuable for readers interested in the intertextual dialogue between ancient romance and Shakespeare’s treatment of similar relationships, character types, and structural tensions in different plays.”— Prof. Matt Kozuko, Ursinus College
“This book will be an important addition to our understanding of the ways in which predecessor texts and ancient ideas can appropriated for an contemporary audience, particularly when handled by writers such as Sidney and Shakespeare.” —Prof. Robert Sawyer, ETSU
“These chapters make the book especially valuable for readers interested in the intertextual dialogue between ancient romance and Shakespeare’s treatment of similar relationships, character types, and structural tensions in different plays.”— Prof. Matt Kozuko, Ursinus College
Table of Contents
Foreword by Christy Desmet
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Erotic Suffering: Greek Romance in Early Modern Contexts
Chapter 2 Erotic Suffering and Female Heroism in Sidney’s New Arcadia
Chapter 3 Sexual Symmetry and Erotic Suffering in Shakespeare’s Pericles
Chapter 4 Child Abandonment and Female Suffering in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale
Chapter 5 The Comedy of Erotic Suffering: Imogen in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Erotic Suffering: Greek Romance in Early Modern Contexts
Chapter 2 Erotic Suffering and Female Heroism in Sidney’s New Arcadia
Chapter 3 Sexual Symmetry and Erotic Suffering in Shakespeare’s Pericles
Chapter 4 Child Abandonment and Female Suffering in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale
Chapter 5 The Comedy of Erotic Suffering: Imogen in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline
Notes
Bibliography
Index