Shakespeare and the art of physiognomy / Sibylle Baumbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baumbach, Sibylle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Physiognomy.

Shakespeare, William.

Physiognomy in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tirril [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with the poetics of the human face, the art of physiognomy, and strategies of nonverbal communication in Shakespeare s plays. It offers new insight into Shakespeare s modes of characterisation, and his art of performance. In Shakespeare s"

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Licence and Use""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Notice""; ""CONTENTS""; ""1 Looking for Shakespeare�s Face(s) ""; ""2 A Brief Overview of Physiognomic Thought and Theory ""; ""3 Shakespeare�s Physiognomic Characters""; ""3.1 Physiognomic Types and Character-(Re)Writings""; ""3.2 Outperforming Performance""; ""3.3 Physiognomic Reflections ""; ""4 A Physiognomic Inventory""; ""4.1 A Title-leaf to the Face""; ""4.2 Windows to the Soul""; ""4.3 �Let him not leave out the colour of her hair�""; ""4.4 �Where is thy blush?�""

""4.5 �God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another�""""4.6 �Soft, gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman�""; ""5 �Let me behold thy face��Physiognomic Readings ""; ""6 The Physiognomist in Shakespeare�s Plays""; ""6.1 Facing the Macbeths ""; ""6.2 Cleopatra, a New Gorgon""; ""6.3 Othello and the Physiognomy of the Mind""; ""6.4 Much Ado about Masking""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""8 Selected Bibliography ""; ""Humanities Insights""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-201).

ISBN:

1-282-04053-7

9786612040535

1-84760-078-6

OCLC:

923145061