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Tree-becoming : gender, race, and trauma on Shakespeare's stage / Shannon Kelley.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3041 .K35 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelley, Shannon, 1978- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Trees in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- "A study of how Shakespeare uses tree metaphors, identifications, and transformations to convey moments of heightened emotional intensity for characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Othello, and The Tempest"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Shakespeare's arboreal Ovidianism
- "Daphne holds the chase:" Ovidian trees in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) and the early modern herbal
- Balsam, balm, and trauma in King Lear (1605-6)
- "Arabian tree:" the racial semiotics of myrrh in Othello, the Moor of Venice (1604)
- Ariel, naval stores, and the slow violence of the pines in and beyond The Tempest (1611)
- Conclusion: Speaking trees.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (203-223 pages) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Kelley, Shannon, 1978- Tree-becoming
- ISBN:
- 9781501787294
- 1501787292
- 9781501787300
- 1501787306
- OCLC:
- 1530608318
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