| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 251 pages) |
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Studies in performance and early modern drama |
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Studies in performance and early modern drama.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction "And That's True Too" :Shakespeare's Culture of Paradox; 1 "New, Straunge, Incredible, and Repugnant to the Opinion of the Hearer": The Power of the Paradox in Early Modern Culture; 2 "The Meruailouse Site": Shakespeare, Venice, and the Paradox of Place; 3 "To Do a Great Right, Do a Little Wrong" or Gaining by Relaxing: Equity and Paradox in The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure; 4 "Double Dealing Ambodexters": The Paradoxes of Playing; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
Peter Platt here examines Renaissance culture through the lens of paradox. Specifically, he analyzes paradoxes surrounding geography, equity law, and the acting in and witnessing of the Elizabethan-Jacobean theater itself. In showing that Shakespeare's plays create and are created by a culture of paradox, Platt offers an exciting and innovative investigation of Shakespeare's cognitive and affective power over his audience |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-237) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Philosophy.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Logic
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. fast (OCoLC)fst00029048 |
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Shakespeare, William. swd |
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Paradox in literature.
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Perspective (Philosophy)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Logic.
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Paradox in literature.
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Perspective (Philosophy)
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Philosophy.
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Paradoxon
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paradoxe -- Shakespeare, William -- théâtre (genre littéraire)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780754695400 |
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0754695409 |
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