Generic Spaces in Middleton's The Triumphs of Truth (1613) and Michaelmas Term (1607). Issue 88 (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Anderson, Susan
• Is Part Of: Cahiers élisabéthains. Issue 88:Number 1(2015:Oct.)
• Page Start: 35
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: Thomas Middleton -- shop -- genre -- location -- pageantry -- drama; Thomas Middleton -- échoppe -- genre dramatique -- lieux -- entrées et réjouissances civiques -- théâtre; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism -- Book reviews -- Periodicals; 820.9003
• DOI: 10.7227/CE.88.1.3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0184-7678

Abstract

This article compares Middleton's The Triumphs of Truth (1613) and Michaelmas Term (printed 1607), in order to examine the representation of places of display in different kinds of space, and to determine some of the ways in which genres of performance and writing influence the way that space is defined. In particular, it examines the status of the shop as a type of space. It offers the concept of situation as a way of accounting for the interrelationships between text, time, place and space, and the structuring of habit and perception within those contexts.