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Author Wilson, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Robert), 1982- author.

Title Richard III's bodies from medieval England to modernity : Shakespeare and disability history / Jeffrey R. Wilson
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations
Contents Stigmatizing Richard III's Disability up to Shakespeare: The Figural Paradigm -- The Models of Stigma in Shakespeare's First Tetralogy: Spirituality, Psychology, Sociology -- The Reality of Physiognomy in Richard III -- The Unnatural Age of Margaret: Antiquating the Spiritual Model of Stigma in Richard III -- Richard III's Disability After Shakespeare: Discovering the Causal Paradigm -- Richard III's Disability in Modern Performance: The Changing Bodies of Character and Actor -- The Anthropology of Audience: Historical Presentism in Shakespeare Studies
Summary "Shakespeare scholar Jeffrey R. Wilson offers compelling insights into the persisting fascination across centuries and generations with Richard III the person, the character, and the myth through an examination of the shifting conceptualizations and depictions of Richard III's deformity and disability over time"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 07, 2022)
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters.
SUBJECT Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 fast
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
King Richard III (Shakespeare, William) fast
Subject Disabilities in the theater.
Abnormalities, Human, in literature.
Stigma (Social psychology) in literature.
Sociology of disability -- History
Abnormalities, Human, in literature
Disabilities in the theater
Sociology of disability
Stigma (Social psychology) in literature
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022006748
ISBN 9781439922682
1439922683