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Tragedy and Scepticism in Shakespeare's England /

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Hamlin's study provides the first full-scale account of the reception and literary appropriation of ancient scepticism in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (c. 1570-1630). Offering abundant archival evidence as well as fresh treatments of Florio's Montaigne and Bacon's career-long stru...

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Main Author: Hamlin, William M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Series:Early modern literature in history.
Subjects:
Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Early Modern Europe.
Literary Theory.
Poetry and Poetics.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern.
Poetry.
Europe > History-1492-
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Hamlin's study provides the first full-scale account of the reception and literary appropriation of ancient scepticism in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (c. 1570-1630). Offering abundant archival evidence as well as fresh treatments of Florio's Montaigne and Bacon's career-long struggle with the challenges of epistemological doubt, Hamlin's book explores the deep connections between scepticism and tragedy in plays ranging from Doctor Faustus and Troilus and Cressida to The Tragedy of Mariam , The Duchess of Malfi , and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore .
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 306 pages)
ISBN:9780230502765
DOI:10.1057/9780230502765