English Renaissance drama and the specter of Spain
Subtitle: ethnopoetics and empire
By: Eric J. Griffin.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780812241709
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Spain; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism; National characteristics, Spanish, in literature; Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History; Spain -- In literature; Spain -- Foreign public opinion, British -- History; Great Britain -- Relations -- Spain; Spain -- Relations -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the specter of Spain; title: From ethos to ethnos; title: A long and lively antithesis; title: Thomas Kyd's tragedy of "the spains"; title: Marlowe among the machevills; title: Shakespeare's comical history; title: Othello's Spanish spirits: or, un-sainting James; title: Afterword: a natural enemy.