| Staging Doubt: Skepticism in Early Modern European Drama Contributor(s): Pawlita, Leonie (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110660555 ISBN-13: 9783110660555 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $137.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 16th Century - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.55 lbs) 390 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume considers the influential revival of ancient philosophical skepticism in the 16th and early 17th centuries and investigates, from a comparative perspective, its reception in early modern English, Spanish and French drama, dedicating detailed readings to plays by Shakespeare, Calderón, Lope de Vega, Rotrou, Desfontaines, and Cervantes. While all the plays employ similar dramatic devices for "putting skepticism on stage", the study explores how these dramas, however, give different "answers" to the challenges posed by skepticism in relation to their respective historico-cultural and "ideological" contexts. |