Gender And Performance In Shakespeare S Problem Comedies
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Gender And Performance In Shakespeare S Problem Comedies
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Author : David F. McCandless
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1997-12-22
Gender And Performance In Shakespeare S Problem Comedies written by David F. McCandless and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-12-22 with Performing Arts categories.
"This is exactly the kind of work, with its synthesis of theory, close reading, and deconstructive performance criticism that many of us in the profession have been looking for." -- Joel B. Altman, University of California, Berkeley "McCandless's book represents an inventive and illuminating account that not only produces a theoretically activated text but also explores a range of options for staging it, turning theoretical into theatrical meanings." -- Barbara Hodgdon, Drake University "The writing is clear, snappy, wonderfully informed with a vivid and experienced theatrical imagination... a book that taught me a good deal about the problem comedies, especially from the vantage point of performance, though the insights into performance are fully and incisively integrated with, and they richly illuminate, formal, thematic, and psychological vantage points on the play." -- Richard P. Wheeler, University of Illinois Composed at a critical moment in English history, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Troilus and Cressida -- Shakespeare's problem plays -- dramatize a crisis in the sex-gender system. They register a male dread of emasculation and engulfment, a fear of female authority and sexuality. In these plays males identify desire for a female as dangerous and unmanly, females contend and confound traditional femininity. David McCandless's book is a unique and invigorating example of performance criticism that illuminates these difficult, sometimes-overlooked tragicomedies. It is an original and timely contribution to Shakespearean theater scholarship.
Shakespeare Three Problem Plays
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Author : Nicholas Marsh
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-04-11
Shakespeare Three Problem Plays written by Nicholas Marsh and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
Written in 1602-4, between Hamlet and the other great tragedies, Shakespeare's three Problem Plays are so called because they do not fit easily into the other groups of plays. They are awkward dramas, full of unresolved controversies, which leave audiences and readers unsettled by contradictory responses. Nicholas Marsh uses close analysis of extracts from the plays to explore how Shakespeare maintains competing discourses within a single text. In the first part of his study, Marsh highlights the multiple interpretations these plays provoke and provides useful sections on methods of analysis to encourage readers to develop their views independently. The second part of the book discusses the Problem Plays in relation to the playwright's other works, and examines their cultural and historical contexts. A comparison of five modern critical views and helpful suggestions for further reading provide a bridge to continuing study. In this essential guide to a complex set of plays, Marsh does not seek to reconcile the thorny issues these dramas leave open: rather, he equips the reader with the necessary critical tools to fashion their own synthesis.
Early Modern Tragedy Gender And Performance 1984 2000
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Author : Roberta Barker
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-08-22
Early Modern Tragedy Gender And Performance 1984 2000 written by Roberta Barker and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Using nine recent theatrical and cinematic productions as case studies, it considers the productive contradictions and tensions that occur when contemporary actors perform the gender norms of previous cultures. It will be of interest to theatre practitioners as well as to students of early modern drama, of performance, and of gender studies.
Occult Knowledge Science And Gender On The Shakespearean Stage
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Author : Mary Floyd-Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-11
Occult Knowledge Science And Gender On The Shakespearean Stage written by Mary Floyd-Wilson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
Belief in spirits, demons and the occult was commonplace in the early modern period, as was the view that these forces could be used to manipulate nature and produce new knowledge. In this groundbreaking study, Mary Floyd-Wilson explores these beliefs in relation to women and scientific knowledge, arguing that the early modern English understood their emotions and behavior to be influenced by hidden sympathies and antipathies in the natural world. Focusing on Twelfth Night, Arden of Faversham, A Warning for Fair Women, All's Well That Ends Well, The Changeling and The Duchess of Malfi, she demonstrates how these plays stage questions about whether women have privileged access to nature's secrets and whether their bodies possess hidden occult qualities. Discussing the relationship between scientific discourse and the occult, she goes on to argue that as experiential evidence gained scientific ground, women's presumed intimacy with nature's secrets was either diminished or demonized.
Humoral Wombs On The Shakespearean Stage
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Author : Amy Kenny
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-01-21
Humoral Wombs On The Shakespearean Stage written by Amy Kenny and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores how the humoral womb was evoked, enacted, and embodied on the Shakespearean stage by considering the intersection of performance studies and humoral theory. Galenic naturalism applied the four humors—yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, and blood—to delineate women as porous, polluting, and susceptible to their environment. This book draws on early modern medical texts to provocatively demonstrate how Shakespeare’s canon offers a unique agency to female characters via humoral discourse of the womb. Chapters discuss early modern medicine’s attempt to theorize and interpret the womb, specifically its role in disease, excretion, and conception, alongside passages of Shakespeare’s plays to offer a fresh reading of (geo)humoral subjectivity. The book shows how Shakespeare subversively challenges contemporary notions of female fluidity by accentuating the significance of the womb as a source of self-defiance and autonomy for female characters across his canon.
New Theatre Quarterly 54 Volume 14 Part 2
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Author : Clive Barker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-06-04
New Theatre Quarterly 54 Volume 14 Part 2 written by Clive Barker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-04 with Drama categories.
Provides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet.
Shakespeare Aphra Behn And The Canon
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Author : Lizbeth Goodman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-08-21
Shakespeare Aphra Behn And The Canon written by Lizbeth Goodman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
A clear introduction to the idea of the canon, exploring the process by which certain works, and not others, receive high cultural status. The work of Shakespeare and Aphra Behn is used to illustrate and challenge this process.
A Feminist Companion To Shakespeare
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Author : Dympna Callaghan
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2016-05-23
A Feminist Companion To Shakespeare written by Dympna Callaghan and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
The question is not whether Shakespeare studies needs feminism, but whether feminism needs Shakespeare. This is the explicitly political approach taken in the dynamic and newly updated edition of A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare. Provides the definitive feminist statement on Shakespeare for the 21st century Updates address some of the newest theatrical andcreative engagements with Shakespeare, offering fresh insights into Shakespeare’s plays and poems, and gender dynamics in early modern England Contributors come from across the feminist generations and from various stages in their careers to address what is new in the field in terms of historical and textual discovery Explores issues vital to feminist inquiry, including race, sexuality, the body, queer politics, social economies, religion, and capitalism In addition to highlighting changes, it draws attention to the strong continuities of scholarship in this field over the course of the history of feminist criticism of Shakespeare The previous edition was a recipient of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award; this second edition maintains its coverage and range, and bringsthe scholarship right up to the present day
Shakespeare S Theatre
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Author : Hugh Macrae Richmond
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Shakespeare S Theatre written by Hugh Macrae Richmond and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Under an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, the book reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's time, with an explanation of their origins>
Shakespeare Quarterly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Shakespeare Quarterly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.