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Authorial Anxiety and Intention in Shakespeare’s Armed Prologue
- Author(s):
- Caroline Hampshire (see profile)
- Date:
- 2016
- Subject(s):
- Seventeenth century, Theater, Sixteenth century, Performance art--Study and teaching, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Item Type:
- Essay
- Tag(s):
- authorial anxiety, early modern costume, paratext, prologues, Troilus and Cressida, 17th century, Early modern theatre, Performance studies, Shakespeare
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M66F74
- Abstract:
- This essay discusses the early modern prologue as a register of authorial anxiety. Specifically, I analyse the unique case of the armed prologue as an authorial method and how the prologue of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida acts as a threshold into the theatrical. The prologue wearing armor prepares the audience for an ironic interpretation of tragedy and more nuanced criticisms of chivalry and masculinity.
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- Attribution
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