Liam Semler

The Early Modern Grotesque

English Sources and Documents 1500-1700

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Early Modern Grotesque: English Sources and Documents 1500-1700 offers readers a fully annotated collection of primary source texts addressing the grotesque in the English Renaissance. This volume includes a detailed introduction surveying the vocabulary, form and meaning of the grotesque.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780367664961
• ISBN-10: 0367664968
• Artikelnr.: 60016648

Autorenporträt

Liam E. Semler is Professor of Early Modern Literature at The University of Sydney, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations and a Note on Shakespeare.
Introduction. The Purpose and Scope of this Book. Navigating this
Collection. The Arrival of the Grotesque in England. The Grotesque in
English Visual Arts. The Grotesque in English Theatricality. The Vocabulary
of the Grotesque. Genres, Authors and Theories of the Grotesque. Sources
and Documents. Chronological List of all Items in this Collection.
Bibliography. Index.