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Zusatztext ... this book is a fine one! valuable as an overview for practitioners from the advanced undergraduate through the seasoned specialist. Informationen zum Autor Catherine Richardson is Reader in Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent. Her research focuses on the material experience of daily life in early modern England, on and offstage: on narrative and storytelling, on houses and furniture, and on the social, moral and personal significance of clothing. She is the author of Domestic Life and Domestic Tragedy: the material life of the household (2006) and editor of Clothing Culture 1350-1650 (2004)and, with Tara Hamling, Everyday Objects: medieval and early modern material culture and its meanings (2010). Klappentext What is the significance of Shylock's ring in The Merchant of Venice? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet in Hamlet? How and why does Ariel prepare a banquet in The Tempest? In order to answer these and other questions! Shakespeare and Material Culture explores performance from the perspective of the material conditions of staging. In a period just starting to be touched by the allure of consumer culture! in which objects were central to the way gender and social status were experienced but also the subject of a palpable moral outrage! this book argues that material culture has a particularly complex and resonant role to play in Shakespeare's employment of his audience's imagination. Zusammenfassung What is the significance of Shylock's ring in The Merchant of Venice? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet in Hamlet? Why does Ariel prepare a banquet in The Tempest? In order to answer these questions, Shakespeare and Material Culture explores performance from the perspective of the material conditions of staging. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Notes on Texts and Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Introduction: early modern material culture; 1 Personal Possessions; 2 Dressing and Cross-dressing; 3 Household! rooms and the spaces within; 4 Banquet and celebration; 5 Words and Things; Notes; Further Reading; Index ...
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What is the significance of Shylock's ring in The Merchant of Venice? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet in Hamlet? Why does Ariel prepare a banquet in The Tempest? In order to answer these questions, Shakespeare and Material Culture explores performance from the perspective of the material conditions of staging.
