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Shakespeare and the gods

Vaughan, Virginia Mason, author

2019

Overview

Shakespeare and the Gods examines Shakespeare's many allusions to six classical gods (Jupiter, Diana, Venus, Mars, Hercules and Ceres) that enhance his readers' and audiences' understanding and enjoyment of his work. Vaughan explains their historical context, from their origins in ancient Greece to their appropriation in Rome and their role in medieval and early modern mythography. The book also illuminates Shakespeare's classical allusions by comparison to the work of contemporaries like Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson and Thomas Heywood and explores allusive patterns that repeat throughout Shakespeare's canon. Each chapter concludes with a more focused reading of one or two plays in which the god appears or serves as an underlying motif. Shakespeare and the Gods highlights throughout the gods' participation in western constructions of gender as well as classical myth's role in changing attitudes toward human violence and sexuality. -- Publisher website.

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation. / Jupiter (Roman deity) In literature. / Diana (Roman deity) In literature. / Venus (Roman deity) In literature. / Mars (Roman deity) In literature. / Hercules (Roman mythological character) In literature. / Ceres (Roman deity) In literature. / Ceres (Roman deity) / Diana (Roman deity) / Hercules (Roman mythological character) / Jupiter (Roman deity) / Mars (Roman deity) / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. / Venus (Roman deity) / Gods, Roman, in literature. / Literature.
• ISBN: 9781474284271, 1474284272

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR2976.V38 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE