The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage: Gesture, Touch and the Spectacle of Dismemberment (Arden Shakespeare) - Softcover

Karim-Cooper, Farah

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9781474234269: The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage: Gesture, Touch and the Spectacle of Dismemberment (Arden Shakespeare)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1474234267 ISBN 13: 9781474234269
Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2016

Synopsis

This ground-breaking new book uncovers the way Shakespeare draws upon the available literature and visual representations of the hand to inform his drama.

Providing an analysis of gesture, touch, skill and dismemberment in a range of Shakespeare's works, it shows how the hand was perceived in Shakespeare's time as an indicator of human agency, emotion, social and personal identity. It demonstrates how the hand and its activities are described and embedded in Shakespeare's texts and about its role on the Shakespearean stage: as part of the actor's body, in the language as metaphor, and as a morbid stage-prop. Understanding the cultural signifiers that lie behind the early modern understanding of the hand and gesture, opens up new and sometimes disturbing ways of reading and seeing Shakespeare's plays.

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About the Author

Farah Karim-Cooper is Head of Higher Education & Research, Globe Education (Shakespeare's Globe) and Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London, UK.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474234267
ISBN 13 
9781474234269
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
328
Rating
  • 4.33 out of 5 stars
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9781474234276: The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage: Gesture, Touch and the Spectacle of Dismemberment

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ISBN 10:  1474234275 ISBN 13:  9781474234276
Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, 2016
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