Constructing Monsters in Shakespeare's Drama and Early Modern Culture

by Mark Thornton Burnett

Book Overview

Constructing 'Monsters' in Shakespearean Drama and Early Modern Culture argues for the crucial place of the 'monster' in the early modern imagination. Burnett traces the metaphorical significance of 'monstrous' forms across a range of early modern exhibition spaces - fairground displays, 'cabinets of curiosity' and court entertainments - to contend that the 'monster' finds its most intriguing manifestation in the investments and practices of contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349422940
• ISBN13: 9781349422944
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"