Stage, Stake, and Scaffold - Humans and Animals in Shakespeare's Theatre

Zusatztext ... an illuminating, intriguing, and thoroughly researched work ... Stage, Stake and Scaffold can offer those working on animals in Shakespeare, specifically the dualism between man and beast, a refreshing new take on the role and importance of actual and metaphorical animals and creatures in Shakespearean drama. Informationen zum Autor Andreas Höfele is Professor of English at Munich University. His publications include books on Shakespeare's stagecraft, late 19th-century parody and on Malcolm Lowry, as well as numerous articles on Renaissance and 20th-century themes and six novels. He is a member of the Heidelberg and of the Bavarian Academies of Science and President of the German Shakespeare Society. Klappentext In Shakespeare's London, the stage of the playhouse, the stake of the bear baiting arena, and the scaffold of public execution constituted an ensemble of related spectacles that shared the same audiences. Andreas Höfele argues that this generated a powerful exchange of images and a spill-over of animal features into Shakespeare's characters. Zusammenfassung In Shakespeare's London, the stage of the playhouse, the stake of the bear baiting arena, and the scaffold of public execution constituted an ensemble of related spectacles that shared the same audiences. Andreas Höfele argues that this generated a powerful exchange of images and a spill-over of animal features into Shakespeare's characters. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: 'What beast was't then': Stretching the Boundaries in Macbeth 2: A Kingdom for a Scaffold 3: 'More than a creeping thing': Baiting Coriolanus 4: Cannibal - Animal: Figurations of the (In)Human in Montaigne, Foxe and Shakespearean Revenge Tragedy 5: 'I'll see their trial first': Law and Disorder in Lear's Animal Kingdom 6: Revels' End: The Tempest and After Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Andreas (Professor of English Hoefele, Andreas Hofele, Andreas Höfele
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2011
• EAN: 9780199567645
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956764-5
• No. of pages: 315
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; History, English, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Literary studies: general, Social and cultural anthropology, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean