Particular Saints: Shakespeare's Four Antonios, Their Contexts, and Their PlaysUniversity of Delaware Press, 1997 - Počet stran: 250 Why do characters named Antonio proliferate on the English Renaissance stage? Why are they so often paired with other characters named Sebastian? And more significantly, why are they repeatedly characterized by Shakespeare and his contemporaries as fools for love? Particular Saints draws on church history, art history, and theater history to address these questions by illustrating that Renaissance stage Antonios are a type, representing a tradition familiar to early modern audiences and exploited by Shakespeare in portraying his four major characters named Antonio. Such characters ultimately derive from the rich medieval iconography and hagiography of Saint Anthony of Egypt. How this knowledge reinforms our late-twentieth-century understanding of the four plays in question is addressed in separate chapters that range widely across each work: The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest. |
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... various ways throughout the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries , as exem- plified by the opening reference to Measure for Measure . Characters named Antonio , however , provide the plays in which they appear with a distinct ...
... various ways throughout the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries , as exem- plified by the opening reference to Measure for Measure . Characters named Antonio , however , provide the plays in which they appear with a distinct ...
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... various uses of theatrics . In the trial scene , Portia's advance knowledge of how to overturn the bond not only buys her the time to try coaxing Shylock out of his vengeance ; it also rigs the other characters ' responses to the ...
... various uses of theatrics . In the trial scene , Portia's advance knowledge of how to overturn the bond not only buys her the time to try coaxing Shylock out of his vengeance ; it also rigs the other characters ' responses to the ...
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... various , contrary demands upon her judgment , she will likely fall short of the mark . Her partial inade- quacy is virtually guaranteed . Whatever comic impulse may inform Por- tia's skill at judgment or her inclination to effect peace ...
... various , contrary demands upon her judgment , she will likely fall short of the mark . Her partial inade- quacy is virtually guaranteed . Whatever comic impulse may inform Por- tia's skill at judgment or her inclination to effect peace ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
Characters Named Antonio | 20 |
Antonio and Alienation in | 51 |
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