Hellish Falls : Faustus's Dismemberment, Phaeton's Limbs and Other Renaissance Aviation Disasters—Part I and Part II
- Submitting institution
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The University of Huddersfield
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 9
- Type
- D - Journal article
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- Title of journal
- English Studies
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- First page
- 254
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 3 & 4
- ISSN
- 0013-838X
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- These two articles were conceived and originally submitted as a single article, but split into two at the behest of the journal. Part I reviews the history of early aviation experiments in antiquity through the Renaissance and uncovers how Marlowe's Icarian muse repeatedly engages with the dream of human flight, and invokes and enacts the aviation disaster as a metaphor for the tragic fall. Part II explores how other Renaissance plays began to experiment with aerial stunts or levitation as a response to Faustus, and argues that Marlowe's tragedy promotes daring innovations in theatrical dramaturgy and technology.
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- Non-English
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