James A Knapp

Shakespeare and the Power of the Face

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As contributors to this volume prove, Shakespeare's language of the self relies on descriptions of and reactions to facial expressions and features. An analysis of Shakespeare's treatment of faces has implications for our understanding of the context in which he wrote, and for the ongoing interpretation and production of the plays. By bringing toge

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780367879976
• ISBN-10: 0367879972
• Artikelnr.: 58440111

Autorenporträt

James A. Knapp is Associate Professor and Edward Surtz, S.J. Professor of English, Loyola University Chicago. He is also author of Illustrating the Past in Early Modern England and Image Ethics in Shakespeare and Spenser.

Inhaltsangabe

Shakespeare and the power of the face. Part 1 Powerful Faces: 'Thy face is
mine': faces and fascination in Shakespeare's plays. Fashioning the face:
embodiment and desire in early modern poetry. Facing marital cruelty in
Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and early modern London. Part 2
Signifying Faces: The two faces of Othello. Facing King Lear. Complex
complexions: the facial signification of the black other in Lust's
Dominion. Part 3 Staged Faces 'I knew by his face there was something in
him': buried stage directions and authorial control. The play of looks:
audience and the force of the early modern face. 'The counterfeit
presentment of two brothers': the power of portraits in Hamlet. 'This
painting wherein you see me smeared': Francis Bacon, Coriolanus, and the
brutality of facialization.