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Refiguring Mimesis
Representation in Early Modern Literature
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Focusing squarely on the strength of mimesis as a philosophical idea, this collection of essays considers aspects of mimesis ranging from Shakespeare to colonialism. As the philosophical agenda of major thinkers and writers responds to representational crises like post-structuralism and postmodernism, attention is turning away from artistic expressivity and back towards uses of mimesis. The nine included essays present a varied set of theoretical ideas and challenge the ingrained concept that mimesis is only a transparent reflection of reality. This fresh assessment of an ancient and much-cited practice brings new attention to the ways in which the early modern period made use of such representation.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword: Hamlet and Auerbach by Peter Holland
- Introduction: Refiguring mimesis: representation in early modern literature by Jonathan Holmes and Adrian Streete
- Chapter One: āScenes from the life of one who is suited for nothingā: Shakespeare and the question of mimesis by Roger Starling
- Chapter Two: āāTis in reversion that I do possessā: speculation and destination in Richard II by Vance Adair
- Chapter Three: Platonism and bathos in Shakespeare and other early modern drama by Gabriel Egan
- Chapter Four: āPluck but his name out of his heartā: a Caesarean cross-section by Paul Innes
- Chapter Five: āBananas on a mango treeā: colonial mimesis, hybridity and modern Indian theatre by Poonam Trivedi
- Chapter Six: Court masque and the (re)production of aristocratic identity by Monika Smialkowska
- Chapter Seven: The distorting mirror: theatrical mimesis on the early modern transvestite stage by Christian Billing
- Chapter Eight: Mimesis, resistance and iconoclasm: resituating The Revengerās Tragedy by Adrian Streete
- Chapter Nine: āThere must be something heardā: John Donneās aural universe by Jonathan Holmes
- Afterword by John Drakakis
- Index