Rhodes, Neil
Elizabethan Grotesque (Routledge Revivals)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781138804098
- author:
- Rhodes, Neil
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 13.8 centimetres (0.45 kg
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The comic grotesque is a distinctive element in Elizabethan literature. This study explores its nature and significance in late sixteenth-century culture, examining how it influenced the development of new styles in comic prose and drama. Neil Rhodes considers the stylistic techniques of Rabelais and Aretino, as well as the graphic arts, to define 'grotesque'. He also discusses the use of this element in Elizabethan pamphlet literature and the work of satirical journalists such as Nashe. The author argues that these writers' contributions stimulated the growth of satirical drama at the end of the century. The book concludes that Nashe's achievement had a lasting impact on English Renaissance comedy, particularly in its unique physicality.
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