Joseph Jarrett
Springer International Publishing
e druk, 2019
9783030265656
Mathematics and Late Elizabethan Drama
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Springer International Publishing |
e druk, 2019
ISBN13: 9783030265656
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
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.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9783030265656
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Springer International Publishing
Inhoudsopgave
<div>-1. Introduction.- 2. Algebra and the Art of War: Marlowe’s Tamburlaine 1 and 2 .- 3. ‘Magic, and the Mathematic Rules’: Greene’s Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay.- 4. Circular Geometries: Dekker’s Old Fortunatus.- 5. Infinities and Infinitesimals: Shakespeare’s Hamlet.- 6. Quantifying Death, Calculating Revenge: Chettle’s Tragedy of Hoffman.- 7. Conclusion.</div><div><br></div>