| Description |
1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in performance and early modern drama
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Studies in performance and early modern drama.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Sex, stoicism, and satyre: the roots of satiric tragedy -- "You go not till I set you up a glass": the death of Elizabeth and the languages of gender -- "Deep ruts and foul sloughs": sexually descriptive language and the narrative of disease -- "I'll have my will": frustrated desire and commercial culture -- "I am worth no worse a place": service, subjugation, and satire -- Conclusion: erotic aggression and satiric tragedy. |
| Summary |
Drawing upon recent scholarship in Renaissance studies regarding notions of the body, political, physical and social, this study examines how the satiric tragedians of the English Renaissance employ the languages of sex-including sexual slander, titillation, insinuation and obscenity - in the service of satiric aggression. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
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English drama (Tragedy) |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
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English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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English drama. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Satire, English -- History and criticism.
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Satire, English. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rieger, Gabriel A. Sex and satiric tragedy in early modern England. Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2009 (DLC) 2009030060 |
| ISBN |
9780754698791 (e-book) |
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0754698793 (e-book) |
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1409400298 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781409400295 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781409400295 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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