Kai Wiegandt

Crowd and Rumour in Shakespeare. by Kai Wiegandt

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Wiegandt offers new interpretations of Shakespeare's most contentiously debated plays by examining the playwright's use of two mechanisms: the crowd and rumour. The book's focus on crowd and rumour not only provides fresh insights on the central problems of some of the plays, but also offers an alternative to the dominant tradition of celebrating Shakespeare as the origin of modern individualism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9781138252578
• ISBN-10: 1138252573
• Artikelnr.: 57056716

Autorenporträt

Kai Wiegandt is assistant professor of English Literature at Freie Universitÿt Berlin, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Part 1 Body: 'The greatest and most savage beast in the whole world': the idea of the crowd in Shakespeare's time
Theories of the crowd
Class conflict and crowd psychology: the Second Part of Henry VI
The metatheatricality of the crowd: Julius Caesar
From the 'body politic' to the 'many-headed monster': Coriolanus
Part 2 Voice: 'Falsehoods mingled with the truth': early modern concepts of rumour
Rumour theory
The circulation of fear: Richard III
Rumour, fame and sound: the Second Part of Henry IV
Rumour and scepticism: Othello
Conclusion: Shakespeare's drama of collectivity
Appendices
Works cited
Index.