Refiguring Mimesis Representation On The Early Modern Stage

Critical theories from the 1960s and 1970s on the crisis of representation in early modern drama are reconsidered in this volume of provocative and radical essays from contemporary theorists. Shakespearean and non-Shakespearean texts are analyzed according to the arguments of such pivotal thinkers as Julia Kristeva, Jacques Derrida, and Maurice Blanchot. Renaissance drama examined through the lens of modern theories reveals that straightforward realism is only one level of discourse present in mimesis. The appearance of sexuality, masculinity, and speculation in the texts suggests that early modern drama was revising reality as well as presenting it.Holmes, Jonathan is the author of 'Refiguring Mimesis Representation On The Early Modern Stage', published 2004 under ISBN 9781902806341 and ISBN 1902806344.