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LEADER: 02235cam a22003618i 4500
001 2015014535
003 DLC
005 20150430083839.0
008 150429s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015014535
020 $a9781107117938 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPR3039$b.M34 2015
082 00 $a822.3/3$223
100 1 $aMacFaul, Tom.
245 10 $aShakespeare and the natural world /$cTom MacFaul.
263 $a1509
264 1 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press ,$c2012.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Exploring the rich range of meanings that Shakespeare finds in the natural world, this book fuses ecocritical approaches to Renaissance literature with recent thinking about the significance of religion in Shakespeare's plays. MacFaul offers a clear introduction to some of the key problems in Renaissance natural philosophy and their relationship to Reformation theology, with individual chapters focusing on the role of animals in Shakespeare's universe, the representation of rural life, and the way in which humans' consumption of natural materials transforms their destinies. These discussions enable powerful new readings of Shakespeare's plays, including A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, King Lear, Macbeth, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, and the history plays. Proposing that Shakespeare's representation of the relationship between man and nature anticipated that of the Romantics, this volume will interest scholars of Shakespeare studies, Renaissance drama and literature, and ecocritical studies of Shakespeare"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xKnowledge$xNatural history.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xReligion.
650 0 $aNature in literature.
650 0 $aAnimals in literature.
650 0 $aCountry life in literature.
650 0 $aHuman ecology in literature.
650 0 $aEcocriticism
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811071/17938/cover/9781107117938.jpg