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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Otros Autores: Richardson, Catherine (Otro) ; Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 (Otro)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2012
En:Año: 2012
Críticas:[Rezension von: Richardson, Catherine, Shakespeare and Material Culture] (2013) (Olsen, Thomas G.)
Edición:reissued
Colección / Revista:Oxford Shakespeare topics
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 / Cultura material (Motivo)
Otras palabras clave:B Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Dramatic production Methodology
B Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Criticism and interpretation
B Representación ficcional
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Sumario: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