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Aeneid IV
Aristotle impact on English drama
Author_Sarah Dewar-Watson
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catharsis in theatre
classical influence England
Comic Ending
Della
Dramatic Competence
Dramatic Resolution
early modern drama
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genre reception studies
Guarinian Theory
Guarinian Tragicomedy
Homeric Source
Il Pastor Fido
Italian Renaissance criticism
Late Plays
Mermaid
Odyssey IX
Oedipus Tyrannus
Pastoral Images
Pastoral Tragicomedy
Penitential Theory
Persona
Renaissance Tragicomedy
Richard III
Satyr Play
Shakespeare's Late Plays
Shakespeare’s Late Plays
Tragic Pleasure
tragicomedy theory
Winter's Tale
Winter’s Tale
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- ISBN 9781409406396
- Weight: 362g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 21 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The startling central idea behind this study is that the rediscovery of Aristotle's Poetics in the sixteenth century ultimately had a profound impact on almost every aspect of Shakespeare's late plays”their sources, subject matter and thematic concerns. Shakespeare's Poetics reveals the generic complexity of Shakespeare's late plays to be informed by contemporary debates about the tonal and structural composition of tragicomedy. Author Sarah Dewar-Watson re-examines such plays as The Winter's Tale, Pericles and The Tempest in light of the important work of reception which was undertaken in Italy by pioneering theorists such as Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio (1504-73) and Giambattista Guarini (1538-1612). The author demonstrates ways in which these theoretical developments filtered from their intellectual base in Italy to the playhouses of early modern England via the work of dramatists such as Jonson and Fletcher. Dewar-Watson argues that the effect of this widespread revaluation of genre not only extends as far as Shakespeare, but that he takes a leading role in developing its possibilities on the English stage. In the course of pursuing this topic, Dewar-Watson also engages with several areas of current scholarly debate: the nature of Shakespeare's authorship; recent interest in and work on Shakespeare's later plays; and new critical work on Italian language-learning in Renaissance England. Finally, Shakespeare's Poetics develops current critical thinking about the place of Greek literature in Renaissance England, particularly in relation to Shakespeare.
Sarah Dewar-Watson is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, UK.
