Antony and Cleopatra - New Critical Essays

Informationen zum Autor Sara Munson Deats is Distinguished University Professor of English and former head of the Department of English at University of South Florida. Zusammenfassung This collection of twenty original essays will expand the critical contexts in which Antony and Cleopatra can be enjoyed as both literature and theater. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix1. Shakespeare’s Anamorphic Drama: A Survey of Antony and Cleopatra in Criticism, on Stage, and on Screen 2. “Above the element they lived in”: The Visual Language in Antony and Cleopatra, Acts 4 and 5 3. Passion and Politics: Antony and Cleopatra in Performance 4. Cleopatra’s Sati: Old Ideologies and Modern Stagings 5. “High events as these”: Sources, Influences, and the Artistry of Antony and Cleopatra 6. Rome and Egypt in Antony and Cleopatra and in Criticism of the Play 7. “He beats thee ’gainst the odds”: Gambling, Risk Management, and Antony and Cleopatra 8. “Cloyless Sauce”: 213The Pleasurable Politics of Food in Antony and Cleopatra 9. Cleopatra and the Myth of Scota 10. “Immortal Longings”: The Erotics of Death in Antony and Cleopatra11. Sleep, Epic, and Romance in Antony and Cleopatra 12. The Allusive Tissue of Antony and Cleopatra 13. O’erpicturing Apelles: Shakespeare’s Paragone with Painting in Antony and Cleopatra 14. Interview with Giles Block, Director of the 1999 Production of Antony and Cleopatra at Shakespeare’s Globe in London

Product details

• Authors: Sara M. Deats
• Assisted by: Sara M. Deats (Editor), Deats Sara M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2004
• EAN: 9780415966405
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96640-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Shakespeare Criticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean