| Imagining Shakespeare: A History of Texts and Visions 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Orgel, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403911770 ISBN-13: 9781403911773 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: In this beautifully illustrated book, one of the foremost Shakespeareans of our time explores the ways in which Shakespeare has been imagined from his time to ours. In a penetrating series of interpretations, Stephen Orgel explores the ironies and paradoxes that have characterized the reconstruction of Shakespeare's texts, his image, the staging and illustration of his plays over the past four centuries, as he is perennially reinvented for new cultural ends. Drawing on performance history, textual history, and the visual arts (including a fascinating chapter on portraiture), "Imagining Shakespeare" displays throughout the cultural versatility, elegance, lucidity, and wit which have become the hallmarks of Orgel's style. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 822 |
| LCCN: 2003051778 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.98" W x 9.91" (1.23 lbs) 172 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this beautifully illustrated book, one of the foremost Shakespeareans of our time explores the ways in which Shakespeare has been imagined from his time to ours. Drawing on performance history, textual history and the visual arts (including a fascinating chapter on portraiture), Imagining Shakespeare displays throughout the cultural versatility, elegance, lucidity and wit which have become the hallmarks of Stephen Orgel's style. |