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Living in the past : Thebes, periodization, and The Two Noble Kinsmen
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dc.contributor.author | Davis, Alexander Lee | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-06-13T15:32:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-06-13T15:32:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Davis , A L 2010 , ' Living in the past : Thebes, periodization, and The Two Noble Kinsmen ' , Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies , vol. 40 , no. 1 , pp. 173-195 . https://doi.org/10.1215/10829636-2009-018 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1082-9636 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 470383 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 2bf5bbba-1023-4290-aabe-3f0f0a988506 | |
dc.identifier.other | standrews_research_output: 32267 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 77951037513 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1852 | |
dc.description.abstract | Our sense of the distinction between the "medieval" and the "early modern" is structured by two notions: that the early modern period is characterized by the death of a chivalric culture that is dominant in the medieval period; and that the early modern is distinguished from the medieval by its superior historical self-awareness. This essay reassesses these themes through a reading of Shakespeare and Fletcher's The Two Noble Kinsmen (1634). This is a play of knighthood and chivalric spectacle, adapted from Chaucer's Knight's Tale, which brings Chaucer on stage in the play's prologue. Reading the play through a tradition of "Theban" narratives that proliferated from antiquity through the Middle Ages shows that the representation of chivalric culture in The Two Noble Kinsmen constructs a vision of the past very different from how modern accounts distinguish between medieval and early modern cultures. | |
dc.format.extent | 23 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies | en |
dc.rights | © 2010 by Duke University Press. This work is made available online in accordance with publisher policies. Published version also available from DOI: 10.1215/10829636-2009-018 | en |
dc.subject | PR English literature | en |
dc.subject.lcc | PR | en |
dc.title | Living in the past : Thebes, periodization, and The Two Noble Kinsmen | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of English | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Institute of Medieval Studies | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1215/10829636-2009-018 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951037513&partnerID=8YFLogxK | en |
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