Thesis
The idea of metamorphosis in some English Renaissance writers
- Abstract:
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This thesis explores the use made by Lyly, Spenser, Chapman and Marston of the idea of metamorphosis, with a brief epilogue on Jonson.
The two preliminary chapters define certain important contexts for the theme of metamorphosis in this period. Chapter I briefly considers Ovid's use of the theme, the Pythagorean and Platonic theory of transmigration, and the allegorization of metamorphosis. Medieval commentaries on the Metamorphoses are examined, but it is argued that Rena...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1981
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Source identifiers:
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602337265
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602337265
- Deposit date:
- 2013-06-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Chaudhuri, Supriya
- Copyright date:
- 1981
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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