Metaphor and Shakespearean Drama [electronic resource] : Unchaste Signification /
Fahey, M.author.
Metaphor and Shakespearean Drama explores the fruitful and potentially unruly nature of metaphorical utterances in Shakespearean drama, with analyses of Othello , Titus Andronicus , King Henry IV Part 1 , Macbeth , Hamlet , and The Tempest.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Unchaste signification": Classical, Elizabethan, and contemporary theories of metaphor -- Proving Desdemona haggard: Metaphor and marriage in Othello -- "Martyred signs": Sacrifice and metaphor in Titus Andronicus -- Imperfect speech: Metaphor and equivocation in Macbeth -- "Base comparisons": Figuring royalty in King Henry IV part 1 -- "Ears of flesh and blood": Dead metaphors and ghostly figures in Hamlet -- "Strange fish": Transport and translation in The tempest.
Metaphor and Shakespearean Drama explores the fruitful and potentially unruly nature of metaphorical utterances in Shakespearean drama, with analyses of Othello , Titus Andronicus , King Henry IV Part 1 , Macbeth , Hamlet , and The Tempest.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
British literature.
Theater-History.
Poetry.
Literature, Modern.
British and Irish Literature.
Theatre History.
Poetry and Poetics.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.