Shakespeare and the Geography of Difference
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Shakespeare and the Geography of Difference by John Gillies
In this engaging book, John Gillies explores Shakespeare's geographic imagination, and discovers an intimate relationship between Renaissance geography and theatre, arising from their shared dependence on the opposing impulses of taboo-laden closure and hubristic expansiveness. Dr Gillies shows that Shakespeare's images of the exotic, the 'barbarous, outlandish or strange', are grounded in concrete historical fact: to be marginalised was not just a matter of social status, but of belonging, quite literally, to the margins of contemporary maps. Through an examination of the icons and emblems of contemporary cartography, Dr Gillies challenges the map-makers' overt intentions, and the attitudes and assumptions that remained below the level of consciousness. His study of map and metaphor raises profound questions about the nature of a map, and of the connections between the semiology of a map and that of the theatre.
'[An] absorbing and challenging book' John Scattergood, Theatre Research International
Gillies, John: - 1712-1796
SKU | Non disponible |
ISBN 13 | 9780521458535 |
ISBN 10 | 0521458536 |
Titre | Shakespeare and the Geography of Difference |
Auteur | John Gillies |
Série | Cambridge Studies In Renaissance Literature And Culture |
État | Non disponible |
Type de reliure | Paperback |
Éditeur | Cambridge University Press |
Année de publication | 1994-05-12 |
Nombre de pages | 308 |
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Note | Non disponible |