Shakespeare's staged spaces and playgoers' perceptions
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Darlene Farabee, Associate Professor of English, University of South Dakota, USA.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 180 pages ; 23 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Palgrave Shakespeare studies.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction --;1. Perceptions and Possibility in A Midsummer Night's Dream: 'To leave the figure or disfigure it' --;2. Grounded Action and Making Space in Richard II: 'How comest thou hither?' --;3. Narrative and Spatial Movement in Hamlet: 'To find his way' --;4. Place, Perception, and Disorientation in Macbeth: 'A walking shadow' --;5. Direction and Space in The Tempest: 'Through forth-rights and meanders' --;Conclusion: Movements of Genre and Other Directions: 'As strange a maze' --;Bibliography --;Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This engaging study offers fresh readings of canonical Shakespeare plays, illuminating ways stagecraft and language of movement create meaning for playgoers. The discussions engage materials from the period, present revelatory readings of Shakespeare's language, and demonstrate how these continually popular texts engage all of us in making meaning.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.