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Shakespeare, Spenser and the contours of Britain : reshaping the Atlantic archipelago / Joan Fitzpatrick.

  • Accession number

    83405984

  • Class

    62/

  • ISBN

    9781902806372 (pbk.), 1902806379 (pbk.), 9781902806365, 1902806360

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    x, 182 p. ; 24 cm.

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Bibliography, etc. note: Bibliography: p. 171-182. Summary, etc: Discusses detailed readings of Shakespeare's Richard 2, Cymbeline, The history of King Lear, 1 Henry 4, 2 Henry 4 and Macbeth Spenser's poetry and prose. Considerering ways in which both of these writers manipulate the geographical reality of Britain, Joan Fitzpatrick examines fantasies of metamorphosis in relation to the landscape.