A Feast of Strange Opinions: Classical and Early Modern Paradoxes on the English Renaissance Stage
Keywords:
Early modern paradoxes, Classical paradoxes, Digital Humanities, Drama, ParadoxSynopsis
This volume originates as a continuation of the previous volume in the CEMP series (1.1) and aims at furthering scholarly interest in the nature and function of theatrical paradox in early modern plays considering how classical paradoxical culture was received in Renaissance England. The book is articulated into three sections: the first, “Paradoxical Culture and Drama”, is devoted to an investigation of classical definitions of paradox and the dramatic uses of paradox in ancient Greek drama; the second, “Paradoxes in/of Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama” looks at the functions and uses of paradox in the play-texts of Shakespeare and his contemporaries; finally, the essays in “Paradoxes in Drama and the Digital” examine how the Digital Humanities can enrich our knowledge of paradoxes in classical and early modern drama.
Chapters
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Introduction
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The Paradox of ‘Making the Weaker Speech the Stronger’: on Aristophanes’ Clouds, 889-1114
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Paradoxical Agathon and His Brethren
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The Incidence of the Speakers’ Gender on Paradoxes in Shakespeare’s Comedies
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The Backshop. Honesty as Paradox in Othello
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Paradox in Performance
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The Digges’ Family and the Art of War
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“Indiscreet chroniclers and witty play-makers”: William Cornwallis and the Fiction of Richard III
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Searching for Ritual Paradoxes in Annotated Ancient Greek Tragedies
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“It Is a Happiness to Be in Debt”. Digital Approaches to the Culture of Paradox in Early Modern Drama
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“Do you see this?”. Ambiguity and Paradox in King Lear
