Speed and flight in Shakespeare / Matthew Steggle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steggle, Matthew, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Palgrave pivot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Speed in literature.

Flight in literature.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 136 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]

Summary:

Shakespeare's plays are fascinated by the problems of speed and flight. They are repeatedly interested in humans, spirits, and objects that move very fast; become airborne; and in some cases even travel into space. In Speed and Flight in Shakespeare, the first study of any kind on the subject, Steggle looks at how Shakespeare's language explores ideas of speed and flight, and what theatrical resources his plays use to represent these states. Shakespeare has, this book argues, an aesthetic of speed and flight. Featuring chapters on The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Macbeth and The Tempest, this study opens up a new field around the "historical phenomenology" of early modern speed.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. Acceleration in The Comedy of Errors

3. Taking Flight in Romeo and Juliet

4. The Speed Demons of A Midsummer Night's Dream

5. The Action of the Tiger: Richard III and Henry V

6. Macbeth: Life in Fast Forward

7. Free Flight: The Tempest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783030936563

3030936562

OCLC:

1295105958