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Re-imagining Western European Geography in English Renaissance Drama

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Early Modern Literature in History (EMLH)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction: Dramatic Geographies of the Self

    • Monica Matei-Chesnoiu
    Pages 1-12
  3. Geography as the Eye of History

    • Monica Matei-Chesnoiu
    Pages 13-39
  4. Romanticized France in the English Imagination

    • Monica Matei-Chesnoiu
    Pages 40-75
  5. Shifting Views of the German Principalities

    • Monica Matei-Chesnoiu
    Pages 76-104
  6. Geography and Trade: The Low Countries and Denmark

    • Monica Matei-Chesnoiu
    Pages 105-137
  7. Spain from Court to Country

    • Monica Matei-Chesnoiu
    Pages 138-168
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 169-220

About this book

Matei-Chesnoiu examines the changing understanding of world geography in sixteenth-century England and the concomitant involvement of the London theatre in shaping a new perception of Western European space. Fresh readings are offered of Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, Dekker, Massinger, Marston, and others.

Reviews

"This is an intriguing book with wide cross-disciplinary appeal, engaging with literary, political, historical and geographical texts to show the interwoven nature of places, peoples, events and representations." - Literature & History

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ovidius University Constanta, Romania

    Monica Matei-Chesnoiu

About the author

Monica Matei-Chesnoiu is Professor of English literature at Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania.

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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