Shakespeare's representation of weather, climate and environment : the early modern 'fated sky' /
This monograph explores the importance of weather and changing skies in early modern England while acknowledging the fact that traditional representations and religious beliefs still fashioned people's relations to meteorological phenomena.
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| Author / Creator: | Chiari, Sophie, author. |
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| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019] ©2019 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh scholarship online Edinburgh scholarship online. |
| Subject: | Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. Weather in literature. Climatology -- In literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare. HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. Climatology in literature. Weather in literature. Electronic books. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12021212 |
Table of Contents:
- 'We see / the seasons alter': climate change in A Midsummer Night's Dream
- '[T]he fire is grown too hot!': Romeo and Juliet and the dog days
- 'Winter and rough weather': Arden's sterile climate
- Othello: Shakespeare's A bout de souffle
- 'The pelting of [a] pitiless storm': thunder and lightning in King Lear
- Clime and slime in Anthony and Cleopatra
- The I/eye of the storm: Prospero's tempest