Shakespeare and this "imperfect" world : dramatic form and the nature of knowing / Giulio Marra.
Shakespeare and this "imperfect" world : dramatic form and the nature of knowing / Giulio Marra.
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New York : P. Lang, c1997.
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Y822.33F/31
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English
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290 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
The Tempest: Prospero's Attitude to Wonder and his "Art" of Limitation -- Twelfth Night: The Figure of Viola-Cesario, Comedy and the Persistence of Disguise -- As You Like It: Rosalind's Truth in Disguise and Jaques' Comic Conversion -- The Merchant of Venice: Shylock Besieged: "Comic Appropriation"...
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Publisher
New York : P. Lang, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
This study on Shakespearean theatre attempts to correlate the cognitive impulse animating the character with the ensuing dramatic form. A Shakespearean character determines the play's structure through the intrinsic need to resolve the problem he is brought up against. He does this by utilizing theatrical means, metadramatic elements, which themsel...
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Shakespeare and this "imperfect" world : dramatic form and the nature of knowing / Giulio Marra.
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Studies in Shakespeare, 1067-0823 ; vol. 5.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1997.
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Y822.33F/31
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74VMQw6jZlBO
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ISBN
0820433888 (alk. paper)
9780820433882 (alk. paper)
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822.33
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991000336009702626