Stage, stake, and scaffold : humans and animals in Shakespeare's theatre
Höfele, AndreasAuthor
Hèofele, AndreasAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
In Shakespeare's London, the stage of the playhouse, the stake of the bear baiting arena, and the scaffold of public execution constituted an ensemble of related spectacles that shared the same audiences. Andreas Hofele argues that this generated a powerful exchange of images and a spill-over of animal features into Shakespeare's characters.
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In Shakespeare's London, the stage of the playhouse, the stake of the bear baiting arena, and the scaffold of public execution constituted an ensemble of related spectacles that shared the same audiences. Andreas Hofele argues that this generated a powerful exchange of images and a spill-over of animal features into Shakespeare's characters.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'What beast was't then?': stretching the boundaries in Macbeth -- A kingdom for a scaffold -- 'More than a creeping thing': baiting Coriolanus -- Cannibal, animal: figurations of the (in)human in Montaigne, Foxe, and Shakespearean revenge tragedy -- 'I'll see their trial first': law and disorder in Lear's Animal kingdom -- Revels' end: The tempest and after.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Human body in literature
Human-animal relationships in literature
English
Languages & Literatures
English Literature