This analysis of primary documents allows readers to understand Shakespeare's tragedies within the context of historical issues of Renaissance England. Comprising dozens of primary source documents, this book explores Early Modern historical issues reflected in four of Shakespeare's tragedies most commonly taught in secondary schools and universities around the world: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and Macbeth. Primary source documents relating to Romeo and Juliet deal with subjects such as dueling, breast-feeding, and the Black Plague. Background discussion of Julius Caesar…mehr
This analysis of primary documents allows readers to understand Shakespeare's tragedies within the context of historical issues of Renaissance England. Comprising dozens of primary source documents, this book explores Early Modern historical issues reflected in four of Shakespeare's tragedies most commonly taught in secondary schools and universities around the world: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and Macbeth. Primary source documents relating to Romeo and Juliet deal with subjects such as dueling, breast-feeding, and the Black Plague. Background discussion of Julius Caesar addresses the influence of Roman culture on Renaissance England; the nature of monarchy; and warfare in Renaissance England, including the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The backdrop for Hamlet includes the nature of spirits; heaven, hell, and purgatory; the history of revenge tragedy beginning with ancient Greece; and debates over the theater in Shakespeare's time. Macbeth brings the reader into the reign of King James and examines ongoing debates over the dangers of witchcraft; the crime of the century, the Gunpowder Plot of 1605; and the "Macbeth curse" that has plagued productions of the Scottish Play since its premiere.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Douglas King, PhD, is associate professor of English at Gannon University, USA, teaching courses on Shakespeare, film, and drama.
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Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: The Renaissance in England A Note on Sources Chronology of the English Renaissance 1 Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare ca. 1597) Synopsis of Romeo and Juliet Historical Background of Romeo and Juliet: The Burgeoning Theater Scene of Elizabethan England About William Shakespeare Why We Read Romeo and Juliet Historical Explorations of Romeo and Juliet Documenting Romeo and Juliet Marriage in Renaissance England Document: John Jewel Homily on the State of Matrimony 1571 Document: Mary Tattle-Well and Joan Hit-Him-Home The Women's Sharp Revenge 1640 Document: Henry Swinburne Treatise of Spousals 1686 Elizabethan/Jacobean Diseases Medicines Potions and Poisons Document: John Securis A Detection and Querimonie of the Daily Enormities and Abuses Committed in Physic 1566 Document: John Gerard Herbal: General History of Plants 1597 Document: Samuel Pepys The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1664-1665 (published 1825) Role Models for the Young in Renaissance England Document: Vincentio Saviolo His Practice in Two Books 1595 Document: Sir William Wentworth Advice to His Son 1606 Document: Elizabeth Clinton The Countess of Lincoln's Nursery 1622 Suggested Readings 2 Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare ca. 1599) Synopsis of Julius Caesar Historical Background: Ancient Rome and Renaissance England: The Humanist Connection Why We Read Julius Caesar Historical Explorations of Julius Caesar Documenting Julius Caesar Julius Caesar as Seen by Renaissance Britons Document: "The Deification of Caesar " Ovid Metamorphoses (ca. ad 8) Document: Plutarch Parallel Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Trans. John Dryden (ca. ad 75) Document: John Higgins The Mirror for Magistrates 1559 The Nature of Monarchy in Renaissance England Document: Thomas Elyot The Book Named the Governor 1531 Document: George Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos: A Dialogue Concerning the Rights of the Crown in Scotland 1579 Document: James VI and I The True Law of Free Monarchies 1603 Warfare in Renaissance England Document: Elizabeth I Speech to the Troops at Tilbury 1588 Document: Anonymous The Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588 Document: Lewes Roberts Warfare Epitomized in a Century of Military Observations: Confirming by Ancient Principles the Modern Practice of Arms 1640 Suggested Readings 3 Hamlet (William Shakespeare ca. 1600) Synopsis of Hamlet Historical Background: Hamlet and the Revenge Tragedy Tradition Why We Read Hamlet Historical Explorations of Hamlet Documenting Hamlet English Renaissance Religion: Protestants Catholics Heaven Hell and Purgatory Document: Elizabeth I Homily of Good Works 1559 Document: William Allen Defence of English Catholics 1584 Document: An Act for the Better Discovering and Repressing of Popish Recusants 1606 The Problem of Melancholia Document: Timothy Bright A Treatise of Melancholy 1586 Document: Robert Burton The Anatomy of Melancholy 1621 The Dangers of the Theater in Renaissance England Document: John Northbrooke A Treatise against Dicing Dancing Plays and Interludes with Other Idle Pastimes 1577 Document: Thomas Heywood An Apology for Actors 1612 Suggested Readings 4 Macbeth (William Shakespeare ca. 1606) Synopsis of Macbeth Historical Background: Scotland and England: A Long and Oft-Troubled Relationship Why We Read Macbeth Historical Explorations of Macbeth Documenting Macbeth Witches Demons and Dark Magic Document: Raphael Holinshed Chronicles of England Scotland and Ireland 1577 Document: Reginald Scot The Discovery of Witchcraft 1584 Document: James I Daemonologie 1597 "Remember the Porter " Jesuits and the Gunpowder Plot Document: William Allen A Briefe Historie of the Glorious Martyrdom of the Twelve Reverend Priests: Father Edmund Campion & His Companions 1583 Document: Henry Garnet A Treatise of Equivocation 1598 Document: The Trials of Robert Winter Thomas Winter Guy Fawkes John Grant Ambrose Rookwood Robert Keyes Thomas Bates and Sir Everard Digby at Westminster for High Treason Being Conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot 27 January 1606 1606 Free Will versus Predestination in Renaissance England Document: Martin Luther On the Bondage of the Will 1520 Document: Desiderius Erasmus A Defense of Free Will 1524 Suggested Readings Index
Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: The Renaissance in England A Note on Sources Chronology of the English Renaissance 1 Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare ca. 1597) Synopsis of Romeo and Juliet Historical Background of Romeo and Juliet: The Burgeoning Theater Scene of Elizabethan England About William Shakespeare Why We Read Romeo and Juliet Historical Explorations of Romeo and Juliet Documenting Romeo and Juliet Marriage in Renaissance England Document: John Jewel Homily on the State of Matrimony 1571 Document: Mary Tattle-Well and Joan Hit-Him-Home The Women's Sharp Revenge 1640 Document: Henry Swinburne Treatise of Spousals 1686 Elizabethan/Jacobean Diseases Medicines Potions and Poisons Document: John Securis A Detection and Querimonie of the Daily Enormities and Abuses Committed in Physic 1566 Document: John Gerard Herbal: General History of Plants 1597 Document: Samuel Pepys The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1664-1665 (published 1825) Role Models for the Young in Renaissance England Document: Vincentio Saviolo His Practice in Two Books 1595 Document: Sir William Wentworth Advice to His Son 1606 Document: Elizabeth Clinton The Countess of Lincoln's Nursery 1622 Suggested Readings 2 Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare ca. 1599) Synopsis of Julius Caesar Historical Background: Ancient Rome and Renaissance England: The Humanist Connection Why We Read Julius Caesar Historical Explorations of Julius Caesar Documenting Julius Caesar Julius Caesar as Seen by Renaissance Britons Document: "The Deification of Caesar " Ovid Metamorphoses (ca. ad 8) Document: Plutarch Parallel Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Trans. John Dryden (ca. ad 75) Document: John Higgins The Mirror for Magistrates 1559 The Nature of Monarchy in Renaissance England Document: Thomas Elyot The Book Named the Governor 1531 Document: George Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos: A Dialogue Concerning the Rights of the Crown in Scotland 1579 Document: James VI and I The True Law of Free Monarchies 1603 Warfare in Renaissance England Document: Elizabeth I Speech to the Troops at Tilbury 1588 Document: Anonymous The Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588 Document: Lewes Roberts Warfare Epitomized in a Century of Military Observations: Confirming by Ancient Principles the Modern Practice of Arms 1640 Suggested Readings 3 Hamlet (William Shakespeare ca. 1600) Synopsis of Hamlet Historical Background: Hamlet and the Revenge Tragedy Tradition Why We Read Hamlet Historical Explorations of Hamlet Documenting Hamlet English Renaissance Religion: Protestants Catholics Heaven Hell and Purgatory Document: Elizabeth I Homily of Good Works 1559 Document: William Allen Defence of English Catholics 1584 Document: An Act for the Better Discovering and Repressing of Popish Recusants 1606 The Problem of Melancholia Document: Timothy Bright A Treatise of Melancholy 1586 Document: Robert Burton The Anatomy of Melancholy 1621 The Dangers of the Theater in Renaissance England Document: John Northbrooke A Treatise against Dicing Dancing Plays and Interludes with Other Idle Pastimes 1577 Document: Thomas Heywood An Apology for Actors 1612 Suggested Readings 4 Macbeth (William Shakespeare ca. 1606) Synopsis of Macbeth Historical Background: Scotland and England: A Long and Oft-Troubled Relationship Why We Read Macbeth Historical Explorations of Macbeth Documenting Macbeth Witches Demons and Dark Magic Document: Raphael Holinshed Chronicles of England Scotland and Ireland 1577 Document: Reginald Scot The Discovery of Witchcraft 1584 Document: James I Daemonologie 1597 "Remember the Porter " Jesuits and the Gunpowder Plot Document: William Allen A Briefe Historie of the Glorious Martyrdom of the Twelve Reverend Priests: Father Edmund Campion & His Companions 1583 Document: Henry Garnet A Treatise of Equivocation 1598 Document: The Trials of Robert Winter Thomas Winter Guy Fawkes John Grant Ambrose Rookwood Robert Keyes Thomas Bates and Sir Everard Digby at Westminster for High Treason Being Conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot 27 January 1606 1606 Free Will versus Predestination in Renaissance England Document: Martin Luther On the Bondage of the Will 1520 Document: Desiderius Erasmus A Defense of Free Will 1524 Suggested Readings Index
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