Shakespeare Beyond Science (Paperback)

Sky Gilbert

ISBN 10: 1771835036 / ISBN 13: 9781771835039

Published by Guernica Editions,Canada, Toronto, 2021

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Paperback. Explore Shakespeare's world through the lens of rhetoric and language, challenging traditional interpretations.Shakespeare Beyond Science delves into Shakespeare's plays, viewing them not as sources of hidden meanings, but as rhetorical experiences. Sky Gilbert examines Shakespeare within the context of early modern style debates, positioning him alongside figures like Lyly and Hermogenes, who valued language and form over scientific interpretation. This book challenges the notion of Shakespeare as a moral guide, instead presenting him as a master of language, deeply aware of its power to shape our understanding.Discover how Shakespeare's plays reflect a world where poetry and language held sway, influencing consciousness and perception. This book is for readers interested in:Shakespearean analysisRhetorical theoryHistory of ideasUncover the Bard's genius beyond plot and character-a journey into the heart of language itself. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shakespeare Beyond Science (Paperback)
• Publisher: Guernica Editions,Canada, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1771835036
• ISBN 13: 9781771835039
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Explore Shakespeare's world through the lens of rhetoric and language, challenging traditional interpretations.

Shakespeare Beyond Science delves into Shakespeare's plays, viewing them not as sources of hidden meanings, but as rhetorical experiences. Sky Gilbert examines Shakespeare within the context of early modern style debates, positioning him alongside figures like Lyly and Hermogenes, who valued language and form over scientific interpretation. This book challenges the notion of Shakespeare as a moral guide, instead presenting him as a master of language, deeply aware of its power to shape our understanding.

Discover how Shakespeare's plays reflect a world where poetry and language held sway, influencing consciousness and perception. This book is for readers interested in:

• Shakespearean analysis
• Rhetorical theory
• History of ideas

Uncover the Bard's genius beyond plot and character―a journey into the heart of language itself.

About the Author

Sky Gilbert is a teacher, writer, director, filmmaker, and he was co-founder and artistic director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre for 18 years. He is one of Canada's most controversial artistic forces. His many critically acclaimed plays have been performed in theatres worldwide. He is the author of numerous books, including seven acclaimed novels, a theatre memoir, a book of essays, and three collections of poetry. He has received three Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the Pauline McGibbon Award for theatre directing, and he was the recipient of The Margo Bindhardt Award and The Silver Ticket Award. Sky Gilbert continues to produce plays with his experimental theatre in Toronto, and in Hamilton, Ontario where he lives. 

            

 In 2007 Gilbert received a SSHRC Research Creation Grant and launched The Shakespeare Experiment, a three-year theatrical and academic project involving research into constructs of masculinity and femininity in the context of the cultural conditions of Shakespeare production in performance. He teaches both practical and academic subjects in graduate and undergraduate courses at Guelph university and serves as a reader and thesis supervisor for graduate students, including those taking their MFA in Creative Writing at Guelph-Humber.