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Renaissance tales of desire Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, Theseus and Ariadne, Ceyx and Alcione
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This edition of three Ovidian tales translated and partly rewritten in the 1560's (Thomas Peend's The Pleasant fable of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, Thomas Underdowne's The Excellent Historye of Th...
This edition of three Ovidian tales translated and partly rewritten in the 1560's (Thomas Peend's The Pleasant fable of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, Thomas Underdowne's The Excellent Historye of Theseus and Ariadne and William Hubbard's The Tragicall and lamentable Histoire of two faithfull mates: Ceyx Kynge of Thracine and Alcione his wife) calls attention to the possible literary influence of such minor texts on later poets and playwrights like Marlowe and Shakespeare. Indeed, as narrative p...
Details
- Creator
- edited by Sophie Chiari ; with a preface by Sarah A. Brown
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (199 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1282481339, 9786612481338, 1443815969, 1443814202
- OCLC
- ocn816365866, ocn455816275
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- pt. 1. Hermaphroditus and Salmacis -- pt. 2. Theseus and Ariadne -- pt. 3. Ceyx and Alcione
Subjects
- English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. -- Adaptations.
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. -- Influence.
- Peend, Thomas. Pleasant fable of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis.
- Underdown, Thomas. Excellent historye of Theseus and Ariadne.
- Hubbard, William. Tragicall and lamentable histoire of two faithfull mates.