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The Sound of Shakespeare

By Wes Folkerth

The Sound of Shakespeare Drama

The Sound of Shakespeare

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The 'Sound of Shakespeare' reveals the surprising extent to which Shakespeare's art is informed by the various attitudes, beliefs, practices and discourses that pertained to sound and hearing in his culture. In this engaging study, Wes Folkerth develops listening as a critical practice, attending to the ways in which Shakespeare's plays express their author's awareness of early modern associations between sound and particular forms of ethical and aesthetic experience. Through readings of the acoustic representation of deep subjectivity in Richard III, of the 'public ear' in Antony and Cleopatra, the receptive ear in Coriolanus, the grotesque ear in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the 'greedy ear' in Othello, and the 'willing ear' in Measure for Measure, Folkerth demonstrates that by listening to Shakespeare himself listening, we derive a fuller understanding of why his works continue to resonate so strongly with is today.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
2003-01-01
Publication Date:
2002-06-27
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0415253764
ISBN13:
9780415253765
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
341 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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