Shakespearean Language and the Public Sphere: Performance and Staged Meaning

by Nigel Wood

Through a close reading of Shakespeare's works, Nigel Wood argues for the power of Shakespeare's dramatic language to shape the consciousness of the audiences of his time and to play a role in the development of a public sphere in early modern England. He traces the verbal patterning and repetition of a range of keywords across plays, distinguishing between their accepted meaning and the potency of performance to introduce fluid nuances of meaning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350105724
• ISBN13: 9781350105720
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
• Length: 240 Pages