Author: William Percy
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754654063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
William Percy's Mahomet and His Heaven (1601) - roughly contemporary to Shakespeare's Othello - is the only known play of the early modern period to place the Prophet Mohammad on the stage. The play takes place in around the mosques of 'Mecha' and the action mirrors parts of the Qur'an, the Islamic holy text that was rarely available in England at the time.Matthew Dimmock presents here the play in its entirety, with a critical introduction which introduces some of the key themes of the play, and its textual and social context. A section of detailed explanatory scholarly notes follow the play, with a full translation of the short Latin sections and a reference to any political or literary parallels. This book should be required reading for historians and literary scholars dealing with notions of 'race' and 'religion' in early modern England.
William Percy's Mahomet and His Heaven
Author: William Percy
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754654063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
William Percy's Mahomet and His Heaven (1601) - roughly contemporary to Shakespeare's Othello - is the only known play of the early modern period to place the Prophet Mohammad on the stage. The play takes place in around the mosques of 'Mecha' and the action mirrors parts of the Qur'an, the Islamic holy text that was rarely available in England at the time.Matthew Dimmock presents here the play in its entirety, with a critical introduction which introduces some of the key themes of the play, and its textual and social context. A section of detailed explanatory scholarly notes follow the play, with a full translation of the short Latin sections and a reference to any political or literary parallels. This book should be required reading for historians and literary scholars dealing with notions of 'race' and 'religion' in early modern England.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754654063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
William Percy's Mahomet and His Heaven (1601) - roughly contemporary to Shakespeare's Othello - is the only known play of the early modern period to place the Prophet Mohammad on the stage. The play takes place in around the mosques of 'Mecha' and the action mirrors parts of the Qur'an, the Islamic holy text that was rarely available in England at the time.Matthew Dimmock presents here the play in its entirety, with a critical introduction which introduces some of the key themes of the play, and its textual and social context. A section of detailed explanatory scholarly notes follow the play, with a full translation of the short Latin sections and a reference to any political or literary parallels. This book should be required reading for historians and literary scholars dealing with notions of 'race' and 'religion' in early modern England.
A Catalogue of ... [books] ...
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Four Centuries of Special Geography
Author: O.F.G. Sitwell
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774844574
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Geography as an academic discipline dates back to the last few decades of the nineteenth century. However, during the preceding centuries a large body of English-language literature relevant to the field of special geography was published. Four Centuries of Special Geography lists all the works published before 1888 and includes descriptions of each entry and notes on later editions.
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774844574
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Geography as an academic discipline dates back to the last few decades of the nineteenth century. However, during the preceding centuries a large body of English-language literature relevant to the field of special geography was published. Four Centuries of Special Geography lists all the works published before 1888 and includes descriptions of each entry and notes on later editions.
The New World Book List
Author: George, firm, publishers, Bristol, Eng. (1890. William George's Sons)
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : W. George's Sons
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : W. George's Sons
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Check-list Or Brief Catalogue of the Library of Henry E. Huntington (English Literature to 1640)
Author: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Re-imagining Western European Geography in English Renaissance Drama
Author: M. Matei-Chesnoiu
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137029331
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Matei-Chesnoiu examines the changing understanding of world geography in sixteenth-century England and the concomitant involvement of the London theatre in shaping a new perception of Western European space. Fresh readings are offered of Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, Dekker, Massinger, Marston, and others.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137029331
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Matei-Chesnoiu examines the changing understanding of world geography in sixteenth-century England and the concomitant involvement of the London theatre in shaping a new perception of Western European space. Fresh readings are offered of Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, Dekker, Massinger, Marston, and others.
Protestantism Crossing the Seas
Author: Willem Heijting
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004473424
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
The collection of English books printed before 1801 in the University Library of the Vrije Universiteit at Amsterdam is one of the largest collections of such books outside the English-speaking world, and by far the largest in the Netherlands. The collection numbers 5,600 titles and covers all subjects, but is especially concentrated on (reformed) protestantism in Great Britain, the Netherlands and America, and the exchange of ideas between these countries. The collection of which the existence is practically unknown, contains many rare items from the 16th to the 18th century. It covers the periods of the well-known and widely used bibliographies of English printed books (STC, Wing, and ESTC); in a large number of cases the catalogue entries correct or supplement these bibliographies. The catalogue is aimed both at a general public of bibliographers, literary and book- historians working with books from the STC, Wing and ESTC periods, and at researchers in the Netherlands, Great Britain and elsewhere specialised in church history and the manifold historical and cultural relations between the British Isles and the Low Countries.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004473424
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
The collection of English books printed before 1801 in the University Library of the Vrije Universiteit at Amsterdam is one of the largest collections of such books outside the English-speaking world, and by far the largest in the Netherlands. The collection numbers 5,600 titles and covers all subjects, but is especially concentrated on (reformed) protestantism in Great Britain, the Netherlands and America, and the exchange of ideas between these countries. The collection of which the existence is practically unknown, contains many rare items from the 16th to the 18th century. It covers the periods of the well-known and widely used bibliographies of English printed books (STC, Wing, and ESTC); in a large number of cases the catalogue entries correct or supplement these bibliographies. The catalogue is aimed both at a general public of bibliographers, literary and book- historians working with books from the STC, Wing and ESTC periods, and at researchers in the Netherlands, Great Britain and elsewhere specialised in church history and the manifold historical and cultural relations between the British Isles and the Low Countries.
Unpathed Waters
Author: Robert R Cawley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136998292
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
First Published in 1968. The following studies are based to a considerable extent upon the evidence presented in a former volume, The Voyagers and Elizabethan Drama. The author draws the conclusions and inferences for which the proof is to be found in the earlier publication. The studies culminate to estimate how the rich material so abundantly provided by the voyagers was utilized by some of the characteristic literary figures.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136998292
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
First Published in 1968. The following studies are based to a considerable extent upon the evidence presented in a former volume, The Voyagers and Elizabethan Drama. The author draws the conclusions and inferences for which the proof is to be found in the earlier publication. The studies culminate to estimate how the rich material so abundantly provided by the voyagers was utilized by some of the characteristic literary figures.
Shakespeare's Cross-Cultural Encounters
Author: Geraldo U. De Sousa
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230286658
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In this highly entertaining study, De Sousa argues that Shakespeare reinterprets, refashions and reinscribes his alien characters - Jews, Moors, Amazons and gypsies. In this way, the dramatist questions the narrowness of a European perspective which caricatures other societies and views them with suspicion. De Sousa examines how Shakespeare defines other cultures in terms of the interplay of gender, text and habitat. Written in a provocative style, this readable book provides a wealth of fascinating information both on contemporary stage productions and on race and gender relations in early modern Europe.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230286658
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In this highly entertaining study, De Sousa argues that Shakespeare reinterprets, refashions and reinscribes his alien characters - Jews, Moors, Amazons and gypsies. In this way, the dramatist questions the narrowness of a European perspective which caricatures other societies and views them with suspicion. De Sousa examines how Shakespeare defines other cultures in terms of the interplay of gender, text and habitat. Written in a provocative style, this readable book provides a wealth of fascinating information both on contemporary stage productions and on race and gender relations in early modern Europe.