Richard III's bodies from medieval England to modernity : Shakespeare and disability history / Jeffrey R. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Robert), 1982- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Richard III.

Disabilities in the theater.

Abnormalities, Human, in literature.

Stigma (Social psychology) in literature.

Sociology of disability--History.

Sociology of disability.

Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

King Richard III (Shakespeare, William).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 255 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Shakespeare scholar Jeffrey R. Wilson offers compelling insights into the persisting fascination across centuries and generations with Richard III the person, the character, and the myth through an examination of the shifting conceptualizations and depictions of Richard III's deformity and disability over time"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Stigmatizing Richard III's Disability up to Shakespeare: The Figural Paradigm

2. The Models of Stigma in Shakespeare's First Tetralogy: Spirituality, Psychology, Sociology

3. The Reality of Physiognomy in Richard III

4. The Unnatural Age of Margaret: Antiquating the Spiritual Model of Stigma in Richard III

5. Richard Ill's Disability after Shakespeare: Discovering the Causal Paradigm

6. Richard Ill's Disability in Modern Performance: The Changing Bodies of Character and Actor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

Other Format:

Online version: Wilson, Jeffrey Robert, 1982- Richard iii's bodies from medieval england to modernity.

ISBN:

9781439922668

1439922667

9781439922675

1439922675

OCLC:

1320819876