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1 online resource (1 volume). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy
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Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
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"To 'conceive' desire is to acknowledge the generative potential of the erotic imagination, its capacity to impart form and make meaning out of the most elusive experiences. Drawing from cognitive theories about the metaphorical nature of thought, Gillian Knoll traces the contours of three conceptual metaphors - motion, space and creativity - that shape desire in plays by John Lyly and William Shakespeare. Metaphors, she argues, do more than narrate or express eros; they constitute erotic experience for Lyly's and Shakespeare's characters."--Publisher description |
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Acknowledgments; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction; Part I. Motion; Introduction. The Physics and Metaphysics of Metaphor; Chapter 1. The Erotic Potential of Idleness in Lyly's Drama; Chapter 2. The 'Raging Motions' of Eros on Shakespeare's Stage; Part II. Space; Introduction. 'In love.'; Chapter 3. 'A petty world of myself': Intimacy and Erotic Distance in Endymion; Chapter 4. Binding the void: The Erotics of Place in Antony and Cleopatra; Part III. Creativity; Introduction. Erotic Subject, Object, Instrument; Chapter 5. Love's Use in Campaspe; Chapter 6. 'You lie, in faith': Making Marriage in The Taming of the Shrew; Conclusion. Metaphorical Constraints: Making 'frenzy ... fine'; Bibliography; Index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Lyly, John, 1554?-1606 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lyly, John, 1554?-1606. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Desire in literature.
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Desire in literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Knoll, Gillian. Conceiving desire in Lyly and Shakespeare. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020 1474428525 (OCoLC)1123235989 |
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9781474428545 (electronic book) |
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1474428541 (electronic book) |
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1474428525 |
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9781474428521 |
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9781474428552 Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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147442855X |
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