Man in stormy weathers: tempestuous skies and outbursts in Shakespeare’s times and works.

Danièle Berton-Charrière (Université Clermont Auvergne) [télécharger la proposition] The opening dialogue between Damville and Borachio in Cyril Tourneur’s Atheist’s Tragedy renders men’s antithetic philosophical and ethical creeds and attitudes when confronted to hostile natural phenomena and catastrophes. Damville’s pseudo scientific arguments and reasoning suit his atheism whereas Borachio’s blind faith in determinism and superstition cannot help him control his fright when thunder rolls a..