Authors: Boehrer, Bruce; Henley, Trish Thomas

Source: Exemplaria, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2008 , pp. 98-119(22)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

This essay outlines the material culture of the mechanized boots that appear in Christopher Marlowe's Hero and Leander. The first part of the essay traces the history of automata within early modern culture, delineating the various connotations and examples of automata that Marlowe had available to him. Part II reads Hero's misogynistic blazon from within the context of automata, arguing that the buskins represent Hero's unnatural repression of her innate sexuality.

Keywords: AUTOMATA; HERO AND LEANDER; SEXUALITY; BIRDS; BLAZON; NATURAL WORLD; HUMORAL BODY; EPYLLION; CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE; CULTURAL MATERIALISM

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/175330708X268398

Publication date: 2008-03-01

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