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1 online resource (337 pages) |
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monochrome |
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JSTOR EBA.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. Law of nature -- ch. 2. Role of natural law in Shakespearean tragedy -- ch. 3. Medieval origins: the philosophical basis of the tragic pattern -- ch. 4. Decline of natural-law beliefs [I] -- ch. 5. Decline of natural-law beliefs [II] -- ch. 6. New meaning of tragedy: Heywood & Webster -- ch. 7. New meaning of tragedy: Tourneur, Beaumont & Fletcher, Ford -- ch. 8. Conclusions. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
This book, winner of the 1969 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Award, presents a new perspective in the criticism of Jacobean tragedy and a truer evaluation of this body of drama. Mr. Herndl reinterprets a number of important Jacobean plays, making clear their essential spirit and the world view from which it rises. Herndl demonstrates the radical difference between this tragic spirit and that of the tradition culminating in Shakespeare which was based on the medieval conception of Natural Law. He traces the religious and philosophical history which shaped the drama of both periods, |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
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English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
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English drama (Tragedy) |
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Natural law.
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Natural law. |
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English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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English drama. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Renaissance -- England.
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Renaissance. |
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England. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Indexed Term |
English drama 17th century History and criticism |
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English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism |
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English drama (Tragedy) History and criticism |
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Natural law |
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Renaissance England |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Herndl, George C. High design. Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 1970 (DLC) 78111511 (OCoLC)105095 |
| ISBN |
9780813163024 (electronic book) |
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0813163021 (electronic book) |
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0813112176 |
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9780813112176 |
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0813152518 |
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9780813152516 |
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