Thomas North's 1555 Travel Journal: From Italy to Shakespeare
- ISBN-10
- 1683933060
- ISBN-13
- 9781683933069
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-12-15
- Authors
- Dennis McCarthy, June Schlueter
Description
Like previous works by the authors, Thomas North's 1555 Travel Journal uses original digital research to analyze Thomas North's previously unpublished journal, arguing that its descriptions, especially of northern Italy, provided a template for Shakespeare's Henry VIII and The Winter's Tale.
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- 2022-03-15
- 254 pages
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- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
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