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Shakespeare, Time and the Victorians

By Stuart Sillars

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Shakespeare, Time and the Victorians

By Stuart Sillars

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Time and the visual sense were two essential preoccupations of the Victorians, and both were central to their presentations of Shakespeare's plays. In this extensive new study, Stuart Sillars examines multiple facets of this complex relationship. The desire for authenticity in production, in the work of Charles Kean and his followers, leads to elaborate sets that define and direct the performances' movement through time. Visual artists of all kinds fracture and extend the plays' movements, the Pre-Raphaelites through new techniques and approaches, illustrators through new forms of engraving and printing, and photographers through the emerging forms of the medium. The book also considers the multiple forms in which performances were recorded and re-created visually, and absorbed into the memories of their viewers. With many previously unpublished images, it draws together multiple fields to offer a new perspective on one of the most productive and various periods of Shakespeare activity.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
418
Release Date:
2011-12-15
Publication Date:
2011-12-15
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0521509696
ISBN13:
9780521509695
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1114 g
Height:
208 cm
Width:
260 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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