RT Journal Article
T1 Pericles’ “unknown travels" : the dimensions of geography in Shakespeare’s Pericles
A1 Laureano Domínguez, Lorena
AB The present essay explores the complex notion of geography andits manifold implications in Shakespeare’s first romance, Pericles.It will be argued that the role of geography and travelling in theplay cannot be reduced to a mere formal strategy. In the play’streatment and representation of geography, psychological, moraland political aspects intertwine. Thus Pericles can be understoodsimultaneously as an individual’s life journey, as a spiritualjourney, and even as an exploration of different forms ofgovernment and power. Taking as a point of departure JohnGillies’ concept of “geographic imagination” and Freud’s notionof “the uncanny,” I will focus on the psychological meaning andon the poetic and dramatic effectiveness of the author’simaginative use of geography. Examination of the differentlocations demonstrates that, beyond their existence as specificexternal spaces, they are relevant as inner mental entitiesinforming Pericles’ experience and acquiring meaning within thehero’s microcosm. With a special emphasis on the incest scene, itwill be contended that in Pericles the geographical and thepsychological fuse and that geographical locations work asdifferent layers of the psyche. Geography will be analysed inrelation to plot and characters, always taking into considerationits allegorical, psychological and poetic dimensions.
PB Sociedad Hispano-Portuguesa de Estudios Renacentistas Ingleses
SN 1135-7789
YR 2009
FD 2009
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/13886
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/13886
LA eng
NO Laureano Domínguez, L.: "Pericles’ “unknown travels" : the dimensions of geography in Shakespeare’s Pericles". SEDERI. Yearbook of the Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies. Nº 19, págs. 71-97, (2009). ISSN 1135-7789
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
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