William W. E. Slights

The Heart in the Age of Shakespeare

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the heart as it is described in the poetry and dramatic works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780521889438
• ISBN-10: 052188943X
• Artikelnr.: 25427895

Inhaltsangabe

1. A window on the heart
2. Reading the graphic heart
3. The organ of affection and motion, truth and conflict
4. The narrative heart of the Renaissance
5. 'My heart upon my sleeve': early modern interiority, anatomy, and villainy
6. Shakespeare and the cardiocentric self
Conclusion: the heart of hearts.