The Bottom Translation: Marlowe and Shakespeare and the Carnival Tradition

by Jan Kott

Book Overview

The Bottom Translation represents the first critical attempt at applying the ideas and methods of the great Russian critic, Mikhail Bakhtin, to the works of Shakespeare and other Elizabethans. Professor Kott uncovers the cultural and mythopoetic traditions underlying A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Dr. Faustus, and other plays. His method draws him to interpret these works in the light of the carnival and popular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810107376
• ISBN13: 9780810107373
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"