Exposure — for good and ill — in Jonson and Shakespeare
My subject is exposure ; the theatrical means by which something hidden is made apparent. In Elizabethan drama this can be very straightforward, as in Jonson’s comedy Every Man In His Humour. There a would-be gallant Stephano has bought a new sword, a Toledo, and shows it off to the braggart Bobadi...
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| Publicat a: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/shakespeare, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Actes des congrès de la Société française Shakespeare
2010
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | My subject is exposure ; the theatrical means by which something hidden is made apparent. In Elizabethan drama this can be very straightforward, as in Jonson’s comedy Every Man In His Humour. There a would-be gallant Stephano has bought a new sword, a Toledo, and shows it off to the braggart Bobadilla, but Bobadilla is unimpressed : «This a Toledo ? Pish !» Stephano declares he will get his revenge on the scurvy rogue who sold it to him, and at that very moment — what a surprise — enters thi... |
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