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Mathematics and Late Elizabethan Drama

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • First book to examine the influence that sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century mathematical thinking exerted on the writing and production of early modern drama
  • Examines how how the terms, concepts, and implications of early modern mathematics impacted upon plays’ vocabularies, forms, and aesthetic and dramaturgical effects and affects
  • Focuses analysis on six key plays from five key early modern dramatists

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Joseph Jarrett
    Pages 1-34
  3. Circular Geometries: Dekker’s Old Fortunatus

    • Joseph Jarrett
    Pages 115-148
  4. Conclusion

    • Joseph Jarrett
    Pages 219-221
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 223-242

About this book

This book considers the influence that sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century mathematical thinking exerted on the writing and production of popular drama between about 1587 and 1603. It concentrates upon six plays by five early modern dramatists: Tamburlaine, Part 1 (1587) and Tamburlaine, Part 2 (1587) by Christopher Marlowe; Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1589) by Robert Greene; Old Fortunatus (1599) by Thomas Dekker; Hamlet (1600) by William Shakespeare; and The Tragedy of Hoffman (1603) by Henry Chettle. Each chapter analyses how the terms, concepts, and implications of contemporary mathematics impacted upon these plays’ vocabularies, forms, and aesthetic and dramaturgical effects and affects.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Joseph Jarrett

About the author

Joseph Jarrett is currently a Lumley Junior Research Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, UK.

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eBook USD 69.99
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Softcover Book USD 89.99
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Hardcover Book USD 89.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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