| Shakespeare's Speculative Art 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Hunt, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349297275 ISBN-13: 9781349297276 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.70 lbs) 263 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |