Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-237) and index.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction "And That's True Too" :Shakespeare's Culture of Paradox; 1 "New, Straunge, Incredible, and Repugnant to the Opinion of the Hearer": The Power of the Paradox in Early Modern Culture; 2 "The Meruailouse Site": Shakespeare, Venice, and the Paradox of Place; 3 "To Do a Great Right, Do a Little Wrong" or Gaining by Relaxing: Equity and Paradox in The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure; 4 "Double Dealing Ambodexters": The Paradoxes of Playing; Works Cited; Index.
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Peter Platt here examines Renaissance culture through the lens of paradox. Specifically, he analyzes paradoxes surrounding geography, equity law, and the acting in and witnessing of the Elizabethan-Jacobean theater itself. In showing that Shakespeare's plays create and are created by a culture of paradox, Platt offers an exciting and innovative investigation of Shakespeare's cognitive and affective power over his audience.
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Shakespeare and the culture of paradox.
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Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Criticism and interpretation.