Shakespearean Medievalism and the Limits of Periodization in 'Cymbeline'

Author / Editor
Williams, Deanne.

Title
Shakespearean Medievalism and the Limits of Periodization in 'Cymbeline'

Published
Literature Compass 8 (2011): 390-403.

Description
Assesses the idea of Renaissance "medievalism," and reviews recent studies of the topic, focusing on Shakespeare and arguing that FranT is a "key source" of Cymbeline, which "resists the traditional borders and boundaries of periodization."

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Franklin and His Tale