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Twelfth Night, and the Renaissance Idea of Man

Name: Twelfth Night, and the Renaissance Idea of Man
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Author: Toni Rudat
ISBN: 978-3-640-64734-7

Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2010

18 Pages, Grade: 1,7

Toni Rudat (Author)

Excerpt

Introduction

Renaissance key concepts
Humanism: The nature of the Renaissance figure
Elizabethan Madness and Melancholia - contemporary understanding
The Renaissance concept of love
Petrarchism
Anti-Petrarchism

Acting by emotions - madness, melancholia and lovesickness
Twelfth Night
Duke Orsino and Olivia
Viola and Malvolio

Conclusion

Bibliography
Primary literature
Secondary literature

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Title: Twelfth Night, and the Renaissance Idea of Man
College: RWTH Aachen University (Institut für Anglistik)
Course: Shakespeare’s Comedies
Grade: 1,7
Author: Toni Rudat (Author)
Year: 2010
Pages: 18
Catalog Number: V152461
ISBN (eBook): 9783640647231
ISBN (Book): 9783640647347
File size: 469 KB
Language: English
Keywords: Shakepeare, Twelfth Night, Renaissance, Humanism, Cicero, Robert Burton, Madness, Melancholy, Petrarchism, Anti-Petrarchism, lovesickness, mental distraction