‘What Beast is This Lies Wallowing in His Gore?’ The Indignity of Man and the Animal Nature of Love in The Sea Voyage
This article considers the nature of humankind as it is interpreted on the English Renaissance stage. Rooted in the discipline of animal studies, the article argues that due to the celebratory destabilizing of order for the majority of the play, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. - Modern Humanities Research Association, 2009. - 107(2012), 1, Seite 88-107 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
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2012
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies |
| Schlagworte: | Social sciences Biological sciences Arts Law Behavioral sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article considers the nature of humankind as it is interpreted on the English Renaissance stage. Rooted in the discipline of animal studies, the article argues that due to the celebratory destabilizing of order for the majority of the play, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's The Sea Voyage , first performed by the King's Men in 1622, is not so much a piece that endorses traditional hierarchies and the ‘dignity of man’ as it is a farcical romp aimed at reducing all humans to a more animal level. |
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| ISSN: | 22224297 |
| DOI: | 10.5699/modelangrevi.107.1.0088 |