Shakespeare’s Speculative Art Paperback / softback
by M. Hunt
Paperback / softback
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This is the first book-length analysis of Shakespeare s depiction of specula (mirrors) to reveal the literal and allegorical functions of mirrors in the playwright s art and thought.
Adding a new dimension to the plays Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Henry the Fifth, Love s Labor s Lost, A Midsummer Night s Dream, and All s Well That Ends Well, Maurice A.
Hunt also references mirrors in a wide range of external sources, from the Bible to demonic practices.
Looking at the concept of speculation through its multiple meanings - cognitive, philosophical, hypothetical, and provisional - this original reading suggests Shakespeare as a craftsman so prescient and careful in his art that he was able to criticize the queen and a former patron with such impunity that he could still live as a gentleman.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:263 pages, VII, 263 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:13/07/2011
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- ISBN:9781349297276
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:263 pages, VII, 263 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:13/07/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781349297276