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English literary renaissance, 1994-03, Vol.24 (2), p.283-314
Ort / Verlag
Amherst, Mass: Department of English, University of Massachusetts
Erscheinungsjahr
1994
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
All art is oppositional; opposition is intentional; intentions are biographical. New Criticism and deconstruction enforced an untenable distinction between tools and toys, art and biography. Biography informs opposition because any position may be opposed from more than one direction. Shakespeare (church papist) and Middleton (moderate Puritan) opposed the early modern regime from very different perspectives. But Puritan and papist opposition shared certain political values, and the opposition between factions never silenced oppositions within each faction. These pluralities of opposition shape representations of nationalism, obedience, hierarchy and the past in King John, 1 Henry IV, Henry V, King Lear, A Game at Chess, Hengist King of Kent, and The Widow among other works; they also influenced the future reputations of both writers.