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Shakespeare's body language : shaming gestures and gender politics on the Renaissance stage / Miranda Fay Thomas.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3069.B58 T46 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Miranda Fay, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Body language in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : The Arden Shakespeare, 2020.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Embodying shame
- 1. Thumb-biting : performing toxic masculinity in Romeo and Juliet
- 2. Figging : Spanish anxieties and ancient grudges in Pistol's Henriad
- 3. Spitting at Richard : taming the beast in Richard III
- 4. Spitting at Shylock : shameful conversion in The merchant of Venice
- 5. Horning : fragile masculinity in Othello
- 6. Hand-washing : feminine shame in Macbeth
- 7. Kneeling : passive aggression in Coriolanus
- 8. Stillness : female constancy in The winter's tale
- Epilogue. Epilogue
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781350035478
- 1350035475
- OCLC:
- 1120197759
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