Shakespeare and Science

Tom Rutter examines how Shakespeare made use in his writings of the knowledge and theories of the cosmos, the natural world, and human biology that were available to him. The dialogic nature of drama enabled Shakespeare to develop an approach in the playhouse that could be provisional, exploratory, and tolerant of uncertainty and contradiction.

About the author

Tom Rutter is Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama at the University of Sheffield, where he has taught since 2012. Before that he worked at London South Bank University and then Sheffield Hallam. He is the author of Work and Play on the Shakespearean Stage, The Cambridge Introduction to Christopher Marlowe, and Shakespeare and the Admiral's Men, as well as numerous scholarly articles. He has also edited A Companion to the Cavendishes with Lisa Hopkins and The Arden Handbook of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama with Michelle M. Dowd. He is an editor of Shakespeare, the journal of the British Shakespeare Association.

Summary

Tom Rutter examines how Shakespeare made use in his writings of the knowledge and theories of the cosmos, the natural world, and human biology that were available to him. The dialogic nature of drama enabled Shakespeare to develop an approach in the playhouse that could be provisional, exploratory, and tolerant of uncertainty and contradiction.

Product details

• Authors: Tom (Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama Rutter, Tom Rutter, Rutter Tom, Tom (Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare and Re Rutter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 19.09.2024
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
• EAN: 9780192898555
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289855-5
• Pages: 208
• Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics
• Subjects: English, SCIENCE / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Theatre Studies, History of Science, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean