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Teaching Shakespeare's theatre of the world / Kristen Abbott Bennett
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2987 .B47 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bennett, Kristen Abbott, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare and pedagogy 2632-8151
- Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare and pedagogy, 2632-8151
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Theater--Philosophy.
- Theater.
- Cosmology in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 108 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "This Element engages with one of Shakespeare's greatest thought-experiments: How does one navigate the 'theatre of the world'? It invites students to examine how Shakespeare challenges this metaphor's vertical hierarchies in response to shifting understandings of cosmological order. Teachers will find rich contextual frameworks for exploring how Shakespeare envisions 'worlds' as emerging from dynamic variables, raising urgent questions about how identity and justice are environmentally constructed. Focal plays include A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Hamlet, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, and Othello. Each discussion features student centred 'Explorations'. These play-specific classroom activities can also be adapted across Shakespeare's corpus and tailored for both secondary and university-level students. These exercises encourage non-linear critical and creative thinking, inviting students to contemplate big ideas and generate new perspectives about the shared points of contact between Shakespeare's world and their own"-- Cambridge University Press
- Contents:
- Prologue: Enter chorus
- The theatre of the world in ancient, mediaeval, and early modern contexts
- Thematic explorations of the theatre of the world
- Formal explorations of the theatre of the world
- Coda: Who's there?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- ISBN:
- 1009111094
- 9781009111096
- OCLC:
- 1531479974
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