Shakespeare and material culture

What is the significance of Shylock's ring in "The Merchant of Venice"? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet in "Hamlet"? How and why does Ariel prepare a banquet in "The Tempest"? In order to answer these and other questions, "Shakespeare and ma...

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Collaborateurs: Richardson, Catherine (Autre) ; Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 (Autre)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2012
Dans:Année: 2012
Recensions:[Rezension von: Richardson, Catherine, Shakespeare and Material Culture] (2013) (Olsen, Thomas G.)
Édition:reissued
Collection/Revue:Oxford Shakespeare topics
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 / Culture matérielle (Motif)
Sujets non-standardisés:B Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Dramatic production Methodology
B Représentation fictionnelle
B Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Criticism and interpretation
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Résumé:What is the significance of Shylock's ring in "The Merchant of Venice"? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet in "Hamlet"? How and why does Ariel prepare a banquet in "The Tempest"? In order to answer these and other questions, "Shakespeare and material culture" explores performance from the perspective of the material conditions of staging. In a period just starting to be touched by the allure of consumer culture, in which objects were central to the way gender and social status were experienced but also the subject of a palpable moral outrage, this book argues that material culture has a particularly complex and resonant role to play in Shakespeare's employment of his audience's imagination
ISBN:019956227X