Early Modern Literature in History: Metaphor and National Identity

Pettegree, Jane

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-04-28

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230293335

DOI: 10.1057/9780230307797

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 235