Description
Shakespeare and the Gods is a major new critical work exploring the scope and meaning of Shakespeare's allusions to major Roman deities such as Jupiter, Venus, Diana and Hercules.
About the Author
Virginia Mason Vaughan is Professor Emerita and Research Professor in the Department of English at Clark University, USA. She is a leading international expert on The Tempest, and co-editor of the Arden Third Series edition of the play. Her publications also include Antony and Cleopatra: Language and Writing (Arden Shakespeare, 2015), The Tempest: A Critical Reader (co-edited with Alden T. Vaughan, Arden Shakespeare, 2014), and Women Making Shakespeare: Text, Reception and Performance (co-edited with Gordon McMullan, Lena Cowen Orlin, Arden Shakespeare, 2013).
Reviews
Virginia Mason Vaughan's Shakespeare and the Gods is a clear and intelligently useful guide to the scope and meaning of Shakespeare's allusions to major classical deities. This book deftly explores the ways in which Shakespeare serves as a major interpreter of these classical legends, to the extent that his plays and poems are the texts where we most fully and rewardingly encounter the rich classical tradition of sexual warfare reaching back to Homer, Virgil, and Ovid. -- David Bevington, Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, University of Chicago, USA
Shakespeare and the Gods provides students with much needed information about major figures from classical mythology, the early modern interpretations that Shakespeare would have known, and the role allusions to these gods, or their appearance, play in enriching the moral and psychological meaning of his works. -- Suzanne Gossett, Professor Emerita of English, Loyola University Chicago, USA
Book Information
ISBN 9781474284264
Author Professor Virginia Mason Vaughan
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint The Arden Shakespeare
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 290g