Wonder in Shakespeare
By: Adam Max Cohen
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780230105416
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Wonder in literature
Description: Wonder is a highly ambivalent word and idea which can denote both woe, horror, or terror on one hand and delight, jubilation, or ecstasy on the other. In the first part of this book, Adam Max Cohen embraces the many meanings of wonder in order to challenge the generic divides between comedy, tragedy, history, and romance to suggest that Shakespeare's primary goal in crafting each of his playworlds was the evocation of one or more varieties of wonder. In the second part of this book, seven contributors respond to Cohen's exploration and pay homage to his scholarly legacy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: Wonder, amazement, and surprise : beginning a stunning story; title: Resurrections of the living and the dead : natural and spiritual bodies and souls; title: "Die to live" : various forms of empathetic wonder; title: The metaphorical use of the prodigious birth tradition; title: More of a prodigy than a prophecy; title: Wonder, awe, and admiration : Shakespeare's cabinets of curiosity; title: Transalpine wonders : Shakespeare's marvelous aesthetics.