Reason diminished : Shakespeare and the marvelous / Peter G. Platt.

Author/creator Platt, Peter G., 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1997.
Descriptionxviii, 271 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Theories of wonder from Aristotle to the Renaissance -- Wonder and the reformation of images -- Womder and the natural world -- Wonder and Elizabethan fiction -- The masque and the marvelous -- Pericles and the wonder of unburdened proof -- "Amaz'd with matter" and "perplex'd in all": wonder in Cymbeline -- Reason diminished: wonder in The winter's tale -- Wonder personified, wonder anatomized: The tempest.
General noteBased on the author's thesis (D. Phil., Oxford University).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-258) and index.
LCCN 96031074
ISBN0803237146 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PR3069.M34 P58 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold