Pawlita, Leonie

Staging Doubt Skepticism in Early Modern European Drama - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2019 - 1 electronic resource (381 p.)

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This volume considers the influential revival of ancient philosophical skepticism in the 16th and early 17th centuries and investigates, from a comparative perspective, its reception in early modern English, Spanish and French drama, dedicating detailed readings to plays by Shakespeare, Calderón, Lope de Vega, Rotrou, Desfontaines, and Cervantes.


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9783110660586 9783110660555;9783110660548

10.1515/9783110660586 doi


Literature: history & criticism
Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Skepticism Early Modern Literature Drama Shakespeare Calderón de la Barca Lope de Vega Jean de Rotrou Cervantes