Hunger, Appetite and the Politics of the Renaissance Stage
£22.99
- Author: Matt Williamson, Universitetet i Oslo
- Date Published: June 2023
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108927659
£
22.99
Paperback
Other available formats:
Hardback, eBook
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available on inspection
-
Hunger and appetite permeate Renaissance theatre, with servants, soldiers, courtiers and misers all defined with striking regularity through their relation to food. Demonstrating the profound ongoing relevance of Marxist literary theory, Hunger, Appetite and the Politics of the Renaissance Stage highlights the decisive role of these drives in the complex politics of early modern drama. Plenty and excess were thematically inseparable from scarcity and want for contemporary audiences, such that hunger and appetite together acquired a unique significance as both subject and medium of political debate. Focusing critical attention on the relationship between cultural texts and the material base of society, Matthew Williamson reveals the close connections between how these drives were represented and the underlying socioeconomic changes of the period. At the same time, he shows how hunger and appetite provided the theatres with a means of conceptualising these changes and interrogating the forces that motivated them.
Read more- Foregrounds the drives of hunger and appetite, revealing how the representation of food is bound up with the forces of polarisation and expansion shaping early modern society
- Considers canonical figures such as Shakespeare and Jonson alongside lesser-known writers such as John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, offering a more nuanced understanding of the role of food in early modern theatre
- Emphasises the early modern playhouse as a space devoted to the theatrical representation and physical sale of food, shedding new light on processes of performativity and identification
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: June 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108927659
- length: 243 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.36kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Thinking through hunger and appetite in Renaissance England
2. Service
3. The food gift
4. Sexual desire
5. Female food refusal
6. Imperial appetites
7. Revolt.
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×