Esta tese se propõe examinar a poesia de John Donne (1572-1631) na perspectiva de um âmbito mais amplo de práticas representativas dos meios letrados das cortes do século XVII. Pressupondo a vigência de uma instituição retórica cujos preceitos condicionavam a prática poética, adota-se uma metodologia de pesquisa que flexibiliza os limites classificatórios da historiografia oitocentista posteriormente impostos aos poetas do século XVII. Assim, procede-se a uma análise retórico-poética da poesia de Donne, particularmente, mas também de seus coetâneos George Chapman, Fulke Greville, William Shakespeare e outros considerando os gêneros e estilos de suas composições, as espécies de agudeza que efetuavam, a adequação dos conceitos que formulavam como ornato dialético enigmático e a legibilidade que constituíam nas obras. Propõe-se uma investigação dos pressupostos doutrinários vigentes na época que significam as práticas representativas e as categorias que a envolvem, como a conceituação de que a poesia vernacular culta se define como prática de emulação da poesia greco-latina em seu elenco de autoridades; de que a preceituação vernacular analogamente se define como prática de emulação da preceitução antiga em seus postulados diversos; que a prática de emulação é ativa e não pressupõe cópia servil, mas variação dos argumentos de um mesmo lugar de invenção e variação do tópico elocutório, assumindo a versatilidade das operações retórico-poéticas como prova de engenho e arte. Tendo como força determinante a valoração do wit (engenho; ingenio; ingegno) nos meios letrados do século XVII, esta tese considera sempre que pode as práticas poéticas e preceptivas continentais, cruzando-as com suas contrapartes inglesas, buscando definir os critérios variados de recepção da poesia e os preceitos em uso que constituem a poética da agudeza. / This Ph.D. thesis examines the poetry of John Donne (1572-1631) in the light of the representative practices in the learned circles of 17th century courts. Presuming that there was an effective presence of a rhetorical institution at that time, which conditioned poetical production, I have adopted a critical methodology that displaces the classificatory limits of 19th century historiography later imposed on the poets of the early 17th century. I have specifically made a rhetorical-poetical analysis of the poetry of Donne, but also of George Chapman, Fulke Greville, William Shakespeare and others, considering the genres and the styles of their composition, the types of wit they used, the aptness of the conceits formulated as enigmatic dialectical ornaments, and the legibility of their works. I have also investigated the doctrinal conjectures current at the time which then signified the representative practices, such as the concept that cultivated vernacular poetry was defined as an emulation of Greek and Latin poetry; that the vernacular doctrines of rhetoric were also defined as emulation of ancient doctrines; and that the practice of emulation was an active force, and did not imply servile imitation, but rather a variation of the places of argument and the elocutory topic, taking on the diversity of rhetorical and poetical procedures as proof of wit and art. Taking as a determining force the value given to wit (engenho; ingenio; ingegno) in the learned circles of the early 17th century, this thesis also takes into consideration continental poetical and rhetorical practices, cross-examining them with English ones, in an attempt to define the diverse criteria of poetry reception and the precepts then extant which ultimately constituted the poetics of wit.

Ce travail propose de replacer l’œuvre dramatique de Shakespeare au sein des débats suscités par les jeux dans la première modernité anglaise. Soucieux de catégoriser l’ensemble des pratiques ludiques – alors désignées par les termes interchangeables « sport », « game », et « play » – selon des critères éthiques et religieux, de nombreux moralistes, que nous qualifions de « ludophobes », fustigent les passe-temps « malhonnêtes » au premier rang desquels figurent le théâtre commercial et les jeux de hasard. Face à ces attaques, on voit se dessiner dans l’œuvre de Shakespeare une défense des jeux et d’un homo ludens plus humaniste, affirmant un franc instinct de jouer qui n’est pas pour autant idéalisé. Si ce positionnement est parfois explicite, à travers la satire de personnages ludophobes comme Malvolio dans Twelfth Night par exemple, il se dévoile le plus souvent de biais, à travers une poétique des jeux qui parcourt l’ensemble de ses pièces. Car les références aux jeux et les métaphores ludiques sont nombreuses chez Shakespeare. Elles s’inscrivent dans une esthétique baroque qui s’accompagne aussi d’une vision sceptique et machiavélienne du monde politique dans les pièces historiques. Ce scepticisme laisse toutefois place à une vision pragmatique plus optimiste lorsque le dramaturge met en scène le triomphe de joueurs audacieux qui savent ruser avec les règles et parviennent à dominer, voire à abolir le hasard. À la lumière de ces métaphores émerge alors une conception des jeux qui repose en très large partie sur l’idée de maîtrise que Shakespeare place au cœur d’un art dramatique qui valorise le rapport ludique au théâtre et l’art de l’acteur. / This research places Shakespeare’s plays within the wider historical context of the debates on sports and games of early modern England. Moralists of the time sought to categorise all ludic practices – indifferently referred to as “sport”, “game”, or “play” – along ethical and religious lines and denounced those that were thought to be “dishonest sports”. Chief amongst their concerns were the dangers represented by commercial theatres and games of chance. In light of these attacks, Shakespeare’s plays offer a defence of games and a humanist version of a homo ludens who is a cheerful player, although he is not idealized. Although this defence is at times explicit – as is the case with the satirical portrayal of the game-hating Malvolio in Twelfth Night – more often than not it is suggested through a poetics of games that pervades the plays. For references to and metaphors of games are recurrent in Shakespeare plays. They serve a baroque aesthetic which goes hand in hand with a sceptical and Machiavellian vision of politics in the histories. However, Shakespeare also offers elsewhere a much more optimistic and pragmatic world view when he stages the triumph of audacious players who know how to play with the rules and seem to conquer, or even abolish, chance itself. The ludic metaphors finally help us define Shakespeare’s own conception of games, one which relies on the idea of mastery; but it is also this idea of mastery that lies at the core of his own dramatic art, which celebrates a ludic relation to theatre and glorifies the art of acting.

A Mad World, my Masters est une pièce de jeunesse de Thomas Middleton qui fut représentée en 1605 au théâtre des Enfants de Saint-Paul. Cette pièce, qui n’avait jamais été traduite en français, a été représentée en 1998, pour la première fois depuis le XVIIème siècle, dans le théâtre reconstitué de Shakespeare, le Globe de Londres. La scène du Globe s’est révélée être un outil extraordinaire pour redonner vie à cette comédie exubérante et pour en faire comprendre les ressorts dramatiques. Quant à la traduction, elle a permis d’analyser en détail les complexités du langage d’un auteur trop longtemps méconnu. / A Mad World, my Masters is one of Thomas Middleton’s early plays. It was first performed in 1605 by the Children of Saint Paul’s in London. This comedy had never been translated into French. It was revived in its original version in 1998, for the first time since the printing of the Second Quarto (1640) at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. The bare stage and open playing space of this replica made it possible to draw the best out of this exuberante comedy and to make its dramatic efficiency clear to modern audiences. Translating the play also made it possible to analyse in detail the complexities of the language of an author who had been little studied until his Complete Works were published in 2007 by Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino.

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<p>The great cabin of the warship Vasa was adorned as a palace like room rather than aships cabin, containing over seventy wooden sculptures. The herm pilasters andconsole heads possibly held symbolic meaning, as did the exterior sculptures of theship. Why was so much money spent on the cabin? Who was its intended audience?How was the great cabin decorated and why? A study of the archaeological remainswithin their wider maritime and decorative historical context, can give the reasons for the designing and building of this highly decorative and expensive cabin.</p>

<p>During the 17th century the production and distribution of printed works increased in Stockholm and Uppsala. However, all works that the publisher wanted to print, did not reach the reader. This thesis aimed to show when, where and how printed books and dissertations did not reach the reader. To achieve this aim, aspects of several well known models showing systems of book production and distribution were combined and adapted to suit Swedish conditions in the 17th century. This combined model focused on processes of selection and was presented and used as a theoretical approach. Processes of selection in this paper are processes in which often a conscious choice was made of which books people produced and distributed. By using literature that had already been written about the chosen subject the paper examines what this material tells us about processes of selection during the selected period. Six processes of selection have been identified and discussed, three belonging to the production of works and three belonging to the distribution of works. During the production publishers’ motives and conditions for publishing and how this affected what they chose and did not choose to publish were discussed. Publishers with economical motives might publish fewer books which contained new ideas as reprinting popular books probably resulted in a higher profit. If a publisher wanted to use the publishing of a book as a way to further his career that probably could lead to fewer books containing offensive material being published. The state of the printing material and the economy of the printer and publisher were things that could affect which books that were printed. Books that came to Stockholm and Uppsala from other countries could be lost while being transported. The increase and decrease of the book collection at the university library in Uppsala affected the reader’s range of books to choose from. This is a two years master’s thesis in library and information science.</p>

During the 17th century the production and distribution of printed works increased in Stockholm and Uppsala. However, all works that the publisher wanted to print, did not reach the reader. This thesis aimed to show when, where and how printed books and dissertations did not reach the reader. To achieve this aim, aspects of several well known models showing systems of book production and distribution were combined and adapted to suit Swedish conditions in the 17th century. This combined model focused on processes of selection and was presented and used as a theoretical approach. Processes of selection in this paper are processes in which often a conscious choice was made of which books people produced and distributed. By using literature that had already been written about the chosen subject the paper examines what this material tells us about processes of selection during the selected period. Six processes of selection have been identified and discussed, three belonging to the production of works and three belonging to the distribution of works. During the production publishers’ motives and conditions for publishing and how this affected what they chose and did not choose to publish were discussed. Publishers with economical motives might publish fewer books which contained new ideas as reprinting popular books probably resulted in a higher profit. If a publisher wanted to use the publishing of a book as a way to further his career that probably could lead to fewer books containing offensive material being published. The state of the printing material and the economy of the printer and publisher were things that could affect which books that were printed. Books that came to Stockholm and Uppsala from other countries could be lost while being transported. The increase and decrease of the book collection at the university library in Uppsala affected the reader’s range of books to choose from. This is a two years master’s thesis in library and information science.

The great cabin of the warship Vasa was adorned as a palace like room rather than aships cabin, containing over seventy wooden sculptures. The herm pilasters andconsole heads possibly held symbolic meaning, as did the exterior sculptures of theship. Why was so much money spent on the cabin? Who was its intended audience?How was the great cabin decorated and why? A study of the archaeological remainswithin their wider maritime and decorative historical context, can give the reasons for the designing and building of this highly decorative and expensive cabin.