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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... folly , appears wise . Anthony does not cynically withdraw from the world . Instead , he uses this life meekly — as through child's play - to strengthen his spirit . Finally , Anthony's contempt for the world is tempered by his ...
... folly , appears wise . Anthony does not cynically withdraw from the world . Instead , he uses this life meekly — as through child's play - to strengthen his spirit . Finally , Anthony's contempt for the world is tempered by his ...
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... wise folly requires of Feste a willingness to compromise the high standards that drive Antonio's actions . Both characters serve the cause of wise folly , yet Feste trades Antonio's purity of heart for some practicality , thus avoiding ...
... wise folly requires of Feste a willingness to compromise the high standards that drive Antonio's actions . Both characters serve the cause of wise folly , yet Feste trades Antonio's purity of heart for some practicality , thus avoiding ...
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... wisdom and wise folly , as Viola notes after having sparred with him : This fellow is wise enough to play the fool , And to do that well craves a kind of wit . He must observe their mood on whom he jests , The quality of persons , and ...
... wisdom and wise folly , as Viola notes after having sparred with him : This fellow is wise enough to play the fool , And to do that well craves a kind of wit . He must observe their mood on whom he jests , The quality of persons , 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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