The vice-device
Subtitle: Iago and Lear's fool as agents of representational crisis
By: Ágnes Matuska
Series: Papers in English & American studies -- XIX. -- Monograph series -- 8; Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József Nominatae -- v. 19.; Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József Nominatae -- 8.
Publisher: JATE Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Szeged
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9789633150443
Subjects: History and criticism; Villains; Moralities; Technique; Drama; Iago (Fictitious character); Clowns; Characters; Mimesis in literature; Fools; Tricksters
Notes: "The argument of the present book is based on a comparison of two Shakespearean figures: the Fool of 'Lear' and Iago from 'Othello.'" "I base my comparison of Iago and the Fool first of all specifically on their common dramatic origin in the Vice of the morality plays." "In my approach I combine a historically oriented view (the development of the morality Vice) with a semiotic perspective (the function of these characters in generating and reflecting on the very idea of meaning within the play)."--"Introduction," pages 19, 20, and 22.

"The present book is a revised version of [my] dissertation."--"Acknowledgements," page 11.

Includes bibliographical references and index.