Shakespeare, Objects and Phenomenology

Daggers of the Mind
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-05206-5
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies

This book explores ways in which Shakespeare’s writing strategies shape our embodied perception of objects – both real and imaginary – in four of his plays. Taking the reader on a series of perceptual journeys, it engages in an exciting dialogue between the disciplines of phenomenology, cognitive studies, historicist research and modern acting techniques, in order to probe our sentient and intuitive responses to Shakespeare’s language. What happens when we encounter objects on page and stage; and how we can imagine that impact in performance? What influences might have shaped the language that created them; and what do they reveal about our response to what we see and hear? By placing objects under the phenomenological lens, and scrutinising them as vital conduits between lived experience and language, this book illuminates Shakespeare’s writing as a rich source for investigation into the way we think, feel and communicate as embodied beings.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sachon, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Shakespeare and Phenomenology.- 2. Shakespeare and Cognitive Play.- 3. Macbeth: Objects and Illusion.- 4. King Lear: Illusion and Perspective.- 5. Titus Andronicus and Henry V.- 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Sachon is Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She completed her PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2013. She has directed over 40 productions locally, including Shakespeare plays, owned a successful part-time theatre school for young people for over 20 years, and runs Shakespeare workshops where she also coaches students for exams and auditions.