First edition stated 2011, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Printed in Italy. Large softcover in stiff French wraps without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and clean book, spine not creased, sharp corners, no edgewear, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. Square 4to, 128 pages, illustrated with full page plates. Scarce first edition.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Landscapes of the Passing Strange: Reflections from Shakespeare
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0393339483
ISBN 13: 9780393339482
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

A photographic journey into the imaginative world of Shakespeare's plays.

In this collaborative work, photographer Rosamond Purcell and Shakespeare scholar Michael Witmore explore the transcendent emotion in Shakespeare's work through photographs, pairing the allusive power of images with the subversive effects of Shakespeare's language. The book takes advantage of oblique connections to reveal things that cannot be represented directly on stage.

Purcell has pioneered the technique of capturing reflections in antique mercury glass apothecary jars, resulting in haunting images that seem to move with the liquid quickness of ideas. These images are an attempt to capture Shakespeare's expansive imagination in action―what Coleridge called his "myriad-mindedness": they take a visceral journey into the world of his plays. Witmore has paired each photograph with a short passage from Shakespeare's plays with an uncanny sense of the playwright's intent. 72 color illustrations

About the Authors

Rosamond Purcell is the author of Bookworm and Owls Head. She lives in Medford, Massachusetts.

Michael Witmore is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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