Shakespeare and the mismeasure of Renaissance man / Paula Blank.

Author/creator Blank, Paula
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Description214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents The Renaissance art of measurement -- Poetic numbers and Shakespeare's "lines of life" -- Pounds of flesh : race relations in the Venice plays -- Shakespeare's social arithmetics : checking the math of King Lear -- The Lesbian rule of Measure for measure -- How smart is Hamlet? : Shakespeare and Renaissance "intelligence testing."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-206) and index.
LCCN 2006006244
ISBN0801444756 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801444753

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PR3069.M43 B57 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold