Shakespeare's Play Within Play: Medieval Imagery and Scenic Form in Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear

by Cherrell Guilfoyle

Overview

In his foreward to the volume, Clifford Davidson praises Guilfoyle's application of the concept of scenic form in her study of Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear, and her exposition of Shakespeare's historical consciousness, noting her sensitive examination of the shape of the playwright's scenes when placed against traditional visual configurations and related textual resonances. Any student of Shakespeare will benefit from the nuanced study of his imagery and how it helps to color his characters and the action in his plays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780918720344
Publisher:	Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date:	07/15/1990
Series:	Early Drama, Art, and Music Monograph Series , #12
Pages:	165
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

Cherrell Guilfoyle was an honorary research associate at the University of Western Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Foreward Introduction Ower Swete Sokor: The Role of Ophelia in Hamlet The Beginning of Hamlet King Hamlet's Two Successors A Kind of Vengeance: Images of Classical and Divine Vengeance in Hamlet Othello, Otuel, and the English Charlemagne Romances Lead to the Sagittary: Victim and Predator in Othello Mactacio Desdemonae: Medieval Scenic Form in the Last Scene of Othello The Way to Dover: Arthurian Imagery in King Lear The Redemption of King Lear