Smith Phenomenal Shakespeare

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1796-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Manifestos

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

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

* Contains insightful examinations of a single Shakespearesonnet, Venus and Adonis, and King Lear to model thepossibilities of historical phenomenology as a better strategy forcritical reading than approaches based on language alone

* Pushes beyond traditional treatments of Shakespeare

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Bruce R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Prologue The Argument.
Chapter One As It Likes You.
Chapter Two How Should One Read a Shakespeare Sonnet?
Chapter Three Carnal Knowledge.
Chapter Four Touching Moments.
Epilogue What Shakespeare Proves.
Works Cited.
Image 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.