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Shakespeare and the theatre of wonder
- Title
- Shakespeare and the theatre of wonder / T.G. Bishop.
- Author
- Bishop, Tom, 1960-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PR3069.W65 B57 1996 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 222 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Playwrights through history have used the emotion of wonder to explore the relation between feeling and knowing in the theatre. In Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder, T.G. Bishop argues that wonder provides a turbulent space, rich at once in emotion and self-consciousness, where the nature and value of knowing is brought into question. Bishop compares the treatment of wonder in classical philosophy and drama, and goes on to examine English cycle-plays, charting wonder's ambivalent relation to dogma and sacrament in the medieval religious theatre. Through extended readings of three of Shakespeare's plays - The Comedy of Errors, Pericles, and The Winter's Tale - Bishop argues that Shakespeare uses wonder as a key component of his dialectic between affirmation and critique. Wonder is shown as vital to the characteristic self-consciousness of Shakespeare's plays as acts of narrative inquiry and renovation.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 9
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 9.
- Subject
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Shakespeare, William, (1564-1616) > Critique et interprétation
- Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William)
- Pericles (Shakespeare, William)
- Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William)
- Wonder in literature
- Knowledge, Theory of, in literature
- Mysteries and miracle-plays, English > History and criticism
- Mysteries and miracle-plays, English
- Verwondering
- The comedy of errors (Shakespeare)
- Pericles (Shakespeare)
- The Winter's tale (Shakespeare)
- Toneel
- Merveilleux (littérature)
- Connaissance, Théorie de la, dans la littérature
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Theory of wonder; theatre of wonder -- 2. Vision and vocation in the theatre of God -- 3. Compounding "Errors" -- 4. Pericles; or, the past as fate and miracle -- 5. The Winter's Tale; or, filling up the graves.
- ISBN
- 0521550866
- 9780521550864
- 0521034922
- 9780521034920
- LCCN
- 95015644
- OCLC
- ocm32349327
- 32349327
- SCSB-14645223
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library