The Early Modern Grotesque: English Sources and Documents 1500-1700

ISBN-13: 9781138366589 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 322 str.

Liam Semler

Opis

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.

 

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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