Re-imagining Western European geography in English Renaissance drama

Matei-Chesnoiu examines the changing understanding of world geography in sixteenth-century England and the concomitant involvement of the London theatre in shaping a new perception of Western European space. Fresh readings are offered of Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, Dekker, Massinger, Ma...

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Main Authors: Matei-Chesnoiu, Monica
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Early modern literature in history
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137029331
Summary: Matei-Chesnoiu examines the changing understanding of world geography in sixteenth-century England and the concomitant involvement of the London theatre in shaping a new perception of Western European space. Fresh readings are offered of Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, Dekker, Massinger, Marston, and others.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230366305, 2012.
Carrier Form: 232 p.
ISBN: 9780230366305
9781137029331 :
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CLC: I561.073
Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction: Dramatic Geographies of the Self Geography as the Eye of History Romanticized France in the English Imagination Shifting Views of the German Principalities Geography and Trade: The Low Countries and Denmark Spain from Court to Country Notes Bibliography Index.