Jean-Pierre Maquerlot

Shakespeare and the Mannerist Tradition

A Reading of Five Problem Plays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shakespeare's so-called 'problem plays' are examined as experiments in the Mannerist style.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9780521023719
• ISBN-10: 0521023718
• Artikelnr.: 21295511

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The problem of Mannerism
2. From art to theatre: towards a definition of Mannerism: illustrations and commentaries
3. Mannerism in reaction to formalism
4. Julius Caesar and dramatic coquetry
5. Hamlet: optical effects
6. When playing is foiling: Troilus and Cressida
7. Mostrar l'arte: All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure
8.The end of the Mannerist moment.