Particular Saints: Shakespeare's Four Antonios, Their Contexts, and Their PlaysUniversity of Delaware Press, 1997 - 250 sivua Why do characters named Antonio proliferate on the English Renaissance stage? Why are they so often paired with other characters named Sebastian? And more significantly, why are they repeatedly characterized by Shakespeare and his contemporaries as fools for love? Particular Saints draws on church history, art history, and theater history to address these questions by illustrating that Renaissance stage Antonios are a type, representing a tradition familiar to early modern audiences and exploited by Shakespeare in portraying his four major characters named Antonio. Such characters ultimately derive from the rich medieval iconography and hagiography of Saint Anthony of Egypt. How this knowledge reinforms our late-twentieth-century understanding of the four plays in question is addressed in separate chapters that range widely across each work: The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest. |
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... truth in Merchant that perhaps comes closest to being unimpeachable : that as worldly conditions change , so do human appetites . This gift of Gratiano's for tapping into the essence of things looks forward to another such unlikely truth ...
... truth in Merchant that perhaps comes closest to being unimpeachable : that as worldly conditions change , so do human appetites . This gift of Gratiano's for tapping into the essence of things looks forward to another such unlikely truth ...
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... truth without trying or meaning to.28 In 2.6 , for instance , just after Jessica exits to “ gild ” herself with " some moe ducats , ” Gratiano muses , “ Now by my hood , a gentle , and no Jew ” ( 49–51 ) . Although he intends to ...
... truth without trying or meaning to.28 In 2.6 , for instance , just after Jessica exits to “ gild ” herself with " some moe ducats , ” Gratiano muses , “ Now by my hood , a gentle , and no Jew ” ( 49–51 ) . Although he intends to ...
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... truth will come to light ; ... in the end truth will out " ( 79–80 ) . Whatever particular truth Gratiano may impart in a given scene , he always somehow displays the darker forces at work behind the cloak of order , normalcy , and ...
... truth will come to light ; ... in the end truth will out " ( 79–80 ) . Whatever particular truth Gratiano may impart in a given scene , he always somehow displays the darker forces at work behind the cloak of order , normalcy , and ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
Characters Named Antonio | 20 |
Antonio and Alienation in | 51 |
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Particular Saints: Shakespeare's Four Antonios, Their Contexts, and Their Plays Cynthia Lewis Rajoitettu esikatselu - 1997 |
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