Phenomenal Shakespeare

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-631-23548-4
Verlag: BLACKWELL PUBL

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Blackwell Manifestos (Hardcove

In Phenomenal Shakespeare, leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. Smith presents an original account for the ways in which Shakespeare's poems and plays continue to resonate with audiences, readers and scholars because of their engagement with the whole body, not just the reading mind.

* An original examination of Shakespeare's appeal written by leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. Smith

* Contains insightful examinations of a single Shakespeare sonnet, Venus and Adonis, and King Lear to model the possibilities of historical phenomenology as a better strategy for critical reading than approaches based on language alone

* Pushes beyond traditional treatments of Shakespeare

* An ideal handbook of contemporary approaches to Shakespeare and a celebration of Shakespeare's staying power on stage, on film, and on the page

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Bruce R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.

Prologue: The Argument.

1. As It Likes You.

2. How Should One Read a Shakespeare Sonnet?.

3. Carnal Knowledge.

4. Touching Moments.

Epilogue: What Shakespeare Proves.

Works Cited.

Picture Credits.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce R. Smith is Dean's Professor of English and Professor of Theatre at the University of Southern California. He has published widely on Shakespeare with recent works including The Key of Green: Passion and Perception in Renaissance Culture (2009), Shakespeare and Masculinity (2000), and The Acoustic World of Early Modern England (1999). A former president of the Shakespeare Association of America, Smith has been a keynote speaker at meetings of Shakespeare and Renaissance organizations in Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Portugal, and the UK. He has also been featured in programs aired on BBC Radio 3, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Public Radio International, and TV 4 London.