Staging Doubt Skepticism in Early Modern European Drama
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Berlin/Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9783110660586; 9783110660555; 9783110660548
Subjects: Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Literature: history & criticism
Description: This volume considers the influential revival of ancient philosophical skepticism in the 16th and early 17th centuries and investigates, from a comparative perspective, its reception in early modern English, Spanish and French drama, dedicating detailed readings to plays by Shakespeare, Calderón, Lope de Vega, Rotrou, Desfontaines, and Cervantes.
Notes: FP7 Ideas: European Research Council 246603 FP7

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