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Trials of Nature
The Infinite Law Court of Milton's Paradise Lost
Inbunden, 2020
2888 kr
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Focusing on John Milton’s Paradise Lost , this book investigates the metaphorical identification of nature with a court of law – an old and persistent trope, haunted by ancient aporias, at the intersection of jurisprudence, philosophy and literature. In an enormous variety of texts, from the Greek …
Trials of Nature
The Infinite Law Court of Milton's Paradise Lost
Häftad, 2022
795 kr
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Focusing on John Milton’s Paradise Lost , this book investigates the metaphorical identification of nature with a court of law – an old and persistent trope, haunted by ancient aporias, at the intersection of jurisprudence, philosophy and literature. In an enormous variety of texts, from the Greek …
Shakespeare's Curse
The Aporias of Ritual Exclusion in Early Modern Royal Drama
Inbunden, 2013
3156 kr
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Conceptualizing the curse as the representation of a foundational, mythical violence that is embedded within juridical discourse, Shakespeare’s Curse:The Aporias of Ritual Exclusion in Early Modern Royal Drama pursues a reading of Richard III, King John, and King Lear in order to analyse the …
Shakespeare's Curse
The Aporias of Ritual Exclusion in Early Modern Royal Drama
Häftad, 2015
862 kr
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Conceptualizing the curse as the representation of a foundational, mythical violence that is embedded within juridical discourse, Shakespeare’s Curse pursues a reading of Richard III, King John, and King Lear in order to analyse the persistence of imprecations in the discourses of modernity. …
“If Then the World a Theatre Present…“
Revisions of the Theatrum Mundi Metaphor in Early Modern England
Inbunden, 2014
1823 kr
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To metaphorize the world as a theatre has been a common procedure since antiquity, but the use of this trope became particularly prominent and pregnant in early modern times, especially in England. Old and new applications of the “theatrum mundi” topos pervaded discourses, often allegorizing the …
Chaos from the Ancient World to Early Modernity
Formations of the Formless
Av Andreas Höfele, Christoph Levin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1212 kr
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Chaos is a perennial source of fear and fascination. The original "formless void" (tohu-wa-bohu) mentioned in the book of Genesis, chaos precedes the created world: a state of anarchy before the establishment of cosmic order. But chaos has frequently also been conceived of as a force that persists …
