Picturing Shakespeare

This study investigates the capacity of Shakespeare's texts - obviously destined for stage performances - to generate mental images and mental colours. Jean-Louis Claret, both a Shakespeare professor at Aix-Marseille University and an illustrator, proposes to shed light on the process that leads from the written text to visual illustration.

List of contents

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword by François-Xavier P. Gleyzon; Critical Gesture: Preface to a Poetics of the Image; Introduction; 1. Dramatic Texts and Images; 2. The Drawings; Conclusion: A Lesson in Love; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Jean-Louis Claret is Associate Professor at Aix-Marseille University, France, where he teaches Elizabethan drama. He is also an illustrator specialized in the representation of Shakespearean characters.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Louis Claret
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2024
• EAN: 9781839990601
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-060-1
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Anthem Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, Ut pictura poesis and the paragoneare