Shakespeare and material culture / Catherine Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Catherine (Catherine Teresa)

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Oxford Shakespeare topics

Oxford Shakespeare Topics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production--Methodology.

Methodology.

Physical Description:

xii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

What is the significance of Shylock's ring in "The Merchant of Venice"? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet in "Hamlet"? How and why does Ariel prepare a banquet in "The Tempest"? In order to answer these and other questions, "Shakespeare and material culture" explores performance from the perspective of the material conditions of staging. In a period just starting to be touched by the allure of consumer culture, in which objects were central to the way gender and social status were experienced but also the subject of a palpable moral outrage, this book argues that material culture has a particularly complex and resonant role to play in Shakespeare's employment of his audience's imagination.

Contents:

1 Introduction: early modern material culture 1

2 Personal possessions 37

3 Dressing and cross-dressing 65

4 Household, rooms and the spaces within 99

5 Banquet and celebration 129

6 Words and things 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199562282

0199562288

9780199562275

019956227X

OCLC:

711831492