nature and society in the drama of early modern England /
First Statement of Responsibility
Bruce Boehrer.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 212 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Early modern cultural studies
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-207) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: How to do things with animals -- Ch. 1. Shakespeare's Beastly buggers -- Ch. 2. The Cuckoo and the capon -- Ch. 3. Dead parrot Ssetch -- Ch. 4. Animal fun for everyone.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Shakespeare among the Animals examines the role of animal metaphor on the Shakespearean stage, particularly as such metaphor serves to underwrite various forms of social difference. Working through texts such as Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, Jonson's Volpone, and Middleton's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Boehrer focuses upon the allegedly natural character of femininity, masculinity, ethnicity, and the nature of the natural world itself as it appears on the Renaissance stage. Addressing each of these topics in turn, Shakespeare among the Animals explores the notions of cultural order that underlie early modern conceptions of the natural world, and the ideas of nature implicit in early modern social practice."--Jacket.