Picturing Shakespeare

by Jean-Louis Claret

This study investigates the capacity of Shakespeare's texts - obviously destined for stage performances - to generate images and mental colours in the readers' and in the spectators' minds. Such notions as Ut pictura poesis and the paragoneare discussed in the first part of this book, along with the function and nature of colours. After discussing the sets of correspondences and the major differences between texts and images, the author presents and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839990600
• ISBN13: 9781839990601
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"