Impressive Shakespeare identity, authority and the imprint in Shakespearean drama / Harry Newman.
| Author/creator | Newman, Harry |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Material readings in early modern culture |
| Contents | Introduction: the stamp of the bard -- Technology, language, physiology -- "[T]he stamp of Martius": commoditised character and the technology of theatrical impression in Coriolanus -- "[A] form in wax/by him imprinted": sealing and poetics in A midsummer night's dream -- "[S]tamps that are forbid": Measure for measure, Counterfeit coinage, and the politics of value -- The printer's tale: books, children, and the prefatory construction of Shakespearean authorship. |
| Abstract | "Impressive Shakespeare reassesses Shakespeare's relationship with 'print culture' in light of his plays' engagement with the language and material culture of three interrelated 'impressing technologies': wax sealing, coining, and typographic printing. It analyses the material and rhetorical forms through which drama was thought to 'imprint' early modern audiences and readers with ideas, morals and memories, and--looking to our own cultural moment--shows how Shakespeare has been historically constructed as an 'impressive' dramatist. Through material readings of four plays--Coriolanus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Measure for Measure and The Winter's Tale--Harry Newman argues that Shakespeare deploys the imprint as a self-reflexive trope in order to advertise the value of his plays to audiences and readers, and that in turn the language of impression has shaped, and continues to shape, Shakespeare's critical afterlife. The book pushes the boundaries of what we understand by 'print culture', and challenges assumptions about the emergence of concepts now central to Shakespeare's perceived canonical value, such as penetrating characterisation, poetic transformation, and literary fatherhood"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Birmingham, 2012. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018052476 |
| ISBN | 9781472465320 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebk) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |