Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder
Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder
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The experience of powerful emotion is central to dramatic presentation and audience response. T. G. Bishop examines ways in which wonder has been used by playwrights as an integral part of theatre, both in classical and medieval drama and in the plays of Shakespeare. His study offers an alternative approach to understanding plays.
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Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder by T G Bishop
Playwrights throughout history have used the emotion of wonder to explore the relation between feeling and knowing in the theatre. In Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder, T. G. Bishop argues that wonder provides a turbulent space, rich at once in emotion and self-consciousness, where the nature and value of knowing is brought into question. Bishop compares the treatment of wonder in classical philosophy and drama, and goes on to examine English cycle-plays, charting wonder's ambivalent relation to dogma and sacrament in the medieval religious theatre. Through extended readings of three of Shakespeare's plays - The Comedy of Errors, Pericles and The Winter's Tale - Bishop argues that Shakespeare uses wonder as a key component of his dialectic between affirmation and critique. Wonder is shown as vital to the characteristic self-consciousness of Shakespeare's plays as acts of narrative enquiry and renovation.
"..Shakespeare and the theatre of wonder is an enlightening work, coupling impressive insight into the plays it analyzes with an infectious appreciation for the rich chemistry of those dynamic still points in which nothing but everything is happening." Thomas Moisan, Shakespeare Quarterly
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521550864 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521550866 |
| Titre | Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder |
| Auteur | T G Bishop |
| Série | Cambridge Studies In Renaissance Literature And Culture |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Cambridge University Press |
| Année de publication | 1996-01-18 |
| Nombre de pages | 240 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |