Shakespeare and the power of the face / edited by James A. Knapp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knapp, James A., 1968- editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning--Psychology.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Psychology.

Facial expression in literature.

Face perception in literature.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Personality in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 208 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2015]

Summary:

"As contributors to this volume prove, Shakespeare's language of the self relies on descriptions of and reactions to facial expressions and features. An analysis of Shakespeare's treatment of faces has implications for our understanding of the context in which he wrote, and for the ongoing interpretation and production of the plays. By bringing together historians, theorists of performance and critics interested in material culture and philosophies of self, this book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of attitudes towards embodiment in Shakespeare's England" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Shakespeare and the power of the face / James A. Knapp

Powerful faces. "Thy face is mine": faces and fascination in Shakespeare's plays / Sibylle Baumbach; Fashioning the face: embodiment and desire in early modern poetry / Farah Karim-Cooper; Facing marital cruelty in Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew and early modern London / Loreen Giese

Signifying faces. The two faces of Othello / Sean Lawrence; Facing King Lear / David Goldstein; Complex complexions: the facial signification of the black other in lust's dominion / Vanessa Corredera

Staged faces. "I knew by his face there was something in him": buried stage directions and authorial control / Catherine Loomis

The play of looks: audience and the force of the early modern face / Penelope Woods; "The counterfeit presentment of two brothers": the power of portraits in Hamlet on film / Yolana Wassersug

"This painting wherein you see me smeared": Francis Bacon, Coriolanus, and the brutality of facialization / Hillary Nunn and Aaron Hubbard

Afterword / Michael Neill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472415790

1472415795

OCLC:

906294405