Shakespeare and material culture / Catherine Richardson.
Richardson, Catherine (Catherine Teresa)
2011
PR2995 .R53 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Shakespeare and material culture / Catherine Richardson.
Author Richardson, Catherine (Catherine Teresa)
ISBN 9780199562282
0199562288
9780199562275 (pbk.)
019956227X (pbk.)
Publication Details Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language English
Description xii, 221 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number PR2995 .R53 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 810/820
Summary "What is the significance of Shylock's ring in The Merchant of Venice? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet in Hamlet? How does Ariel prepare a banquet in The Tempest? In order to answer these and other questions, Shakespeare and Material Culture explores performance from the perspective of the material conditions of staging. In a period just starting to recognize the allure of consumer goods, this book argues that material culture plays a particularly complex and resonant role in Shakespeare's employment of his audience's imagination."--P. [4] of cover.
Note "What is the significance of Shylock's ring in The Merchant of Venice? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet in Hamlet? How does Ariel prepare a banquet in The Tempest? In order to answer these and other questions, Shakespeare and Material Culture explores performance from the perspective of the material conditions of staging. In a period just starting to recognize the allure of consumer goods, this book argues that material culture plays a particularly complex and resonant role in Shakespeare's employment of his audience's imagination."--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Oxford Shakespeare topics.
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Introduction : early modern material culture
Personal possessions
Dressing and cross-dressing
Household, rooms and the spaces within
Banquet and celebration
Words and things.

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