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We are often told that Shakespeare is our contemporary, yet we insist just as often on the Elizabethan quality of his work as it reflects a culture remote from our own. Beginning with this paradox, Howard Felperin explores the question of modernity in literature. He directs his attention toward several older poets and examines Shakespeare in partic



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Preface, pg. 1*1. The Poetics of Modernity: Homer and Others, pg. 12*2. O'erdoing Termagant: Hamlet, pg. 44*3. Plays Within Plays: Othello, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, pg. 68*4. A Painted Devil: Macbeth, pg. 118*5. "Jacobean Decadence": Tourneur, Middleton, Webster, Ford, pg. 145*Index, pg. 197

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691614625, 978-0691614625
      ISBN10: 0691614628

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      We are often told that Shakespeare is our contemporary, yet we insist just as often on the Elizabethan quality of his work as it reflects a culture remote from our own. Beginning with this paradox, Howard Felperin explores the question of modernity in literature. He directs his attention toward several older poets and examines Shakespeare in partic



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Preface, pg. 1*1. The Poetics of Modernity: Homer and Others, pg. 12*2. O'erdoing Termagant: Hamlet, pg. 44*3. Plays Within Plays: Othello, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, pg. 68*4. A Painted Devil: Macbeth, pg. 118*5. "Jacobean Decadence": Tourneur, Middleton, Webster, Ford, pg. 145*Index, pg. 197

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