HUR 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, Raphael Holinshed, Elizabethan Era

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Russian Literature and Culture Courses in English
• Course: HUR 232
• Professor: Nicholas Rzhevsky

Document Summary

Raphael holinshed - the chronicles of england, scotland, and ireland (1577) Sir thomas more"s - history of richard iii (c. 1513-22) John morton, bishop of ely, later archbishop of canterbury, & richard"s adversary. Sir thomas takes central ideas about richard from john morton to write his own history. Holinshed & hall in turn inspire tudor version of richard and history: The dominant view of the elizabethan age (queen elizabeth 1558-1603) shakespeare"s play -- Sir thomas more - 1478-1535 is a: renaissance humanist. Humanism - classicism - recovering the human being more writes history of pico della mirandola. Not conventional tragedy -- richard as villain not hero. Theater & elizabethan age - rise of middle class. What it means to be a theater professional in 16th-early 17th c. New role of men and women of letters. Theater as ritual & competitor for church services. Primary respect for his art form -- theater. Use of popular material -- legends, histories, fables, stories.