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.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters.
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SUBJECT |
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 fast |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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King Richard III (Shakespeare, William) fast |
Subject |
Disabilities in the theater.
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Abnormalities, Human, in literature.
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Stigma (Social psychology) in literature.
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Sociology of disability -- History
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Abnormalities, Human, in literature
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Disabilities in the theater
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Sociology of disability
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Stigma (Social psychology) in literature
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2022006748 |
ISBN |
9781439922682 |
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1439922683 |
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