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  1. Foreign and native on the English stage, 1588-1611
    metaphor and national identity
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke [England]

    This original and scholarly work uses three detailed case studies of plays - Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra , King Lear and Cymbeline - to cast light on the ways in which early modern writers used metaphor to explore how identities emerge from... more

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    This original and scholarly work uses three detailed case studies of plays - Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra , King Lear and Cymbeline - to cast light on the ways in which early modern writers used metaphor to explore how identities emerge from the interaction of competing regional and spiritual topographies. "This original and scholarly work uses three detailed case studies of plays Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear and Cymbeline to cast light on the ways in which early modern writers used metaphor to explore how identities emerge from the interaction of competing regional and spiritual topographies"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780230293335; 1283124866; 9781283124867
    RVK Categories: HI 1266 ; HI 3390
    Series: Early modern literature in history
    Subjects: National characteristics, English, in literature; English drama; Metaphor in literature
    Other subjects: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
    Scope: Online-Ressource (vii, 235 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Editions of Shakespeare used; 1 Introduction: Metaphor and Social Subjectivity; 2 Alternative Cleopatras; 3 Kent and Synecdochal Native Identity; 4 English Christendom: Metonymy and Metalepsis; 5 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index