This is the first book-length analysis of Shakespeare s depiction of
specula (mirrors) to reveal the literal and allegorical functions of
mirrors in the playwright s art and thought. Adding a new dimension to
the plays Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King
Henry the Fifth, Love s Labor s Lost, A Midsummer Night s Dream, and
All s Well That Ends Well, Maurice A. Hunt also references mirrors in
a wide range of external sources, from the Bible to demonic practices.
Looking at the concept of speculation through its multiple meanings -
cognitive, philosophical, hypothetical, and provisional - this
original reading suggests Shakespeare as a craftsman so prescient and
careful in his art that he was able to criticize the queen and a
former patron with such impunity that he could still live as a
gentleman.
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ISBN
9780230339286
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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