Gwilym Jones

Shakespeare's storms

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explains he special effects used to represent storms in the earl modern playhouses, and details how those effects filter into Shakespeare's dramatic language. With chapters on Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Pericles and The Tempest

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780719089381
• ISBN-10: 0719089387
• Artikelnr.: 41396419

Autorenporträt

Gwilym Jones is Lecturer in English at the University of Westminster

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Thunder 2. Storm and the spectacular: Julius Caesar 3.
Lightning 4. King Lear: storm and the event 5. Wind 6. Macbeth:
supernatural storms, equivocal earthquakes 7. Rain 8. Pericles: storm and
scripture 9. The Tempest: storm and theatrical reality Conclusion
Bibliography Index