Shakespeare and Space [electronic resource] : Theatrical Explorations of the Spatial Paradigm /
Witen, Michelle L.(Michelle Lynn),editor.
Habermann, Ina.editor.
Witen, Michelle.editor.
This collection offers an overview of the ways in which space has become relevant to the study of Shakespearean drama and theatre. It distinguishes various facets of space, such as structural aspects of dramatic composition, performance space and the evocation of place, linguistic, social and gendered spaces, early modern geographies, and the impact of theatrical mobility on cultural exchange and the material world. These facets of space are exemplified in individual essays. Throughout, the Shakespearean stage is conceived as a topological ‘node’, or interface between different times, places and people – an approach which also invokes Edward Soja’s notion of ‘Thirdspace’ to describe the blend between the real and the imaginary characteristic of Shakespeare’s multifaceted theatrical world. Part Two of the volume emphasises the theatrical mobility of Hamlet – conceptually from an anthropological perspective, and historically in the tragedy’s migrations to Germany, Russia and North America. .
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Lists of Figures, Illustrations, and Appendices.- Notes on Contributors.- List of Abbreviations.- Introduction.- PART I: SHAKESPEAREAN SPACES.- 1. Shakespeare’s Enclaves; Andreas Mahler.- 2. The Theatrical Topology of Tyranny in Richard III; Christina Wald.- 3. Thickets and Beaches: Evoking Place in the Stories of King Lear; Werner Brönnimann.- 4. ‘The Lady shall say her mind freely’: Shakespeare and the S/Pace of Blank Verse; Margaret Tudeau-Clayton -- 5. Hybrid Spaces in Antony and Cleopatra; Elisabeth Bronfen.- 6. The Sea in Pericles; Bernhard Klein -- PART II: MIGRATING SHAKESPEARE, MIGRATING HAMLET.- 7. Universals in the Bush: The Case of Hamlet; Dominique Brancher.- 8. The German Hamlet: Ghostly Encounters in the Space of the Stage and the Novel; Alexander Honold; 9. ‘One cannot act Hamlet, one must be Hamlet’: The Acculturation of Hamlet in Russia; Thomas Grob.- 10. Hamlet’s Mobility: The Reception of Shakespeare’s Tragedy in US-American and Canadian Fiction; Gabriele Rippl. 11. Local Habitations: Hamlet at Helsingør, Juliet at Verona; Balz Engler.- Index.-.
This collection offers an overview of the ways in which space has become relevant to the study of Shakespearean drama and theatre. It distinguishes various facets of space, such as structural aspects of dramatic composition, performance space and the evocation of place, linguistic, social and gendered spaces, early modern geographies, and the impact of theatrical mobility on cultural exchange and the material world. These facets of space are exemplified in individual essays. Throughout, the Shakespearean stage is conceived as a topological ‘node’, or interface between different times, places and people – an approach which also invokes Edward Soja’s notion of ‘Thirdspace’ to describe the blend between the real and the imaginary characteristic of Shakespeare’s multifaceted theatrical world. Part Two of the volume emphasises the theatrical mobility of Hamlet – conceptually from an anthropological perspective, and historically in the tragedy’s migrations to Germany, Russia and North America. .
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Literature, Modern.
Literature—History and criticism.
Fiction.
British literature.
European literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Literary History.
Fiction.
British and Irish Literature.
European Literature.