Foreign and Native on the English Stage, 1588-1611: Metaphor and National Identity

by Jane Pettegree

Book Overview

This original and scholarly work uses three detailed case studies of plays - Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear and Cymbeline - to cast light on the ways in which early modern writers used metaphor to explore how identities emerge from the interaction of competing regional and spiritual topographies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349332771
• ISBN13: 9781349332779
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"