Anti-Petrarchism in early Shakespeare

Diplôme Thèse Anti-Petrarchism in early Shakespeare eng 2014-05-23 author Mcgee John 698342 director Erne Lukas Christian 0000-0002-9945-7910 119419 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:39804 urn:nbn:ch:unige-398049 L. 806 Beginning with Mercutio's sarcastic comparison of Romeo to Petrarch in Romeo and Juliet, this thesis proposes to show that Shakespeare satirizes Petrarch and Petrarchism in five works from the mid-1590s, when the sonnet vogue was at its height, namely, Venus and Adonis, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Labour's Lost, Romeo and Juliet and the procreation Sonnets. In particular, it argues that Venus is a parody of the sonnet lover, believing the world will end if Adonis dies; that Petrarchism in Dream is intrinsically comical; that Love's Labour's Lost is a full-fledged satire of Petrarchan love; and that Romeo does not leave his Petrarchism behind upon leaving Rosaline for Juliet but remains subject throughout to the god of all Petrarchan lovers, Cupid. It concludes that Shakespeare depicts Petrarchan love as narcissistic and as having a dehumanizing effect on both sexes, reducing men to their hormones and women to their body-parts. Shakespeare Petrarch Petrarchism Sonnet Cupid Satire Dewey 420/820 84 Département de langue et de littérature anglaises 3B false cc4bc4a7-5bd9-49b3-b350-549b38d6721b Thesis Private Anti-Petrarchism in Early Shakespeare.pdf 1036665 application/pdf 847ae9b655cca8b3f0170e38c7eccaf4f7944ce6852005b4eb7f979086d28a60 closedAccess Faculté des lettres / Département de langue et de littérature anglaises

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