Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder

by T. G. Bishop

Overview

The experience of powerful emotion has always been central to dramatic presentation and audience response. In this study, T. G. Bishop examines ways in which wonder has been used by playwrights as an integral part of theater in classical and medieval drama and explores wonder in Shakespeare's work through extended readings of The Comedy of Errors, Pericles and The Winter's Tale. By focusing on how characters feel, and how the story of these feelings is told and evaluated, this study offers a new approach to understanding plays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521034920
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/14/2006
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture , #9
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 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; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...Shakespeare and the theatre of wonder is an enlightening work, coupling impressive insight into the plays it analyzes with an infectious appreciation for the rich chemistry of those dynamic still points in which nothing but everything is happening." Thomas Moisan, Shakespeare Quarterly

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