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OverviewHunger 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matt Williamson (Universitetet i Oslo)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Weight: 0.359kg ISBN: 9781108927659ISBN 10: 1108927653 Pages: 243 Publication Date: 22 June 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMatthew Williamson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |