Inscribing the Time – Shakespeare & the End of Elizabethan England: Shakespeare and the End of Elizabethan England: 33 (The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics) - Hardcover

Mallin, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520086236 ISBN 13: 9780520086234

Publisher: University of California Press, 1995

Synopsis

Combining the resources of new historicism, feminism and postmodern textual analysis, this book reveals how contemporary pressures left their mark on three Shakespeare plays written at the end of Elizabeth's reign. The language of "Troilus and Cressida", "Hamlet" and "Twelfth Night" echoes the events and anxieties of the time: "Troilus" reflects the rebellion of the Earl of Essex and the failure of the courtly, chivalric style; "Hamlet" resonates with the danger of the bubonic plague and the difficult succession history of James I; and "Twelfth Night" is imbued with nostalgia for an earlier period of Elizabeth's rule, when her control over religious and erotic affairs seemed more secure.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric S. Mallin is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.

From the Inside Flap:

"Mallin brings an astute and historically informed critical mind to bear on the numerous ways in which contagion resonates throughout the period. . . . The book is also a lucid, witty, and engaging performance in its own right, a genuine pleasure to read."Steven Mullaney, author of The Place of the Stage

"Elegant in conception and witty in style, conversant with the broad methodological issues of early modern English cultural studies but sturdily independent in its take on current theory."Gail Kern Paster, author ofThe Body Embarrassed

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0520086236
• ISBN 13: 9780520086234
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288