The high design English renaissance tragedy and the natural law /
Herndl, George C.
The high design English renaissance tragedy and the natural law / by George C. Herndl. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1970. - 1 online resource (337 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
This book, winner of the 1969 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Award, presents a new perspective in the criticism of Jacobean tragedy and a truer evaluation of this body of drama. Mr. Herndl reinterprets a number of important Jacobean plays, making clear their essential spirit and the world view from which it rises. Herndl demonstrates the radical difference between this tragic spirit and that of the tradition culminating in Shakespeare which was based on the medieval conception of Natural Law. He traces the religious and philosophical history which shaped the drama of both periods,
9780813163024
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
English drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
Natural law.
Renaissance--England.
English drama 17th century History and criticism English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism English drama (Tragedy) History and criticism Natural law Renaissance England
Electronic Books.
PR651 / .H544 1970
The high design English renaissance tragedy and the natural law / by George C. Herndl. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1970. - 1 online resource (337 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
This book, winner of the 1969 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Award, presents a new perspective in the criticism of Jacobean tragedy and a truer evaluation of this body of drama. Mr. Herndl reinterprets a number of important Jacobean plays, making clear their essential spirit and the world view from which it rises. Herndl demonstrates the radical difference between this tragic spirit and that of the tradition culminating in Shakespeare which was based on the medieval conception of Natural Law. He traces the religious and philosophical history which shaped the drama of both periods,
9780813163024
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
English drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
Natural law.
Renaissance--England.
English drama 17th century History and criticism English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism English drama (Tragedy) History and criticism Natural law Renaissance England
Electronic Books.
PR651 / .H544 1970