Hades' landscape in The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd. Distancing effect, as didactic strategy of Modern Times, in travel literature and Elizabethan theatre
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Modernity, The Spanish Tragedy, Hades, Landscape, Travel reports, Distancing effectAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to take under consideration the ways of travel writing during Modernity, making a close reading of The Spanish Tragedy (1592) by Thomas Kyd (1558-1594). The traveler, who no longer is a knight or a priest, is the main character of his report. He will use the power of words (written or not) in convincing speeches, documents, plays, and laws, to fulfill his goals. The certainty of a double reality, where Hades interacts with real life, is evidence of a vision of the world shaped by travelling/discovery and the presence of a New World slowly unveiling itself to Europe. I would like to state that this distancing effect and duplication are the strategies used by travel reports and Elizabethan plays to show the mood of the Modern Age. I will analyze an example of distancing effect through a play within the play and the presence of Hades’ landscape in the frame story as well as in the tragedy itself.
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