Phenomenal Shakespeare

By Bruce R. Smith

Book Overview

In Phenomenal Shakespeare, leading Shakespeare scholar BruceR. Smith presents an original account for the ways in whichShakespeare's poems and plays continue to resonate withaudiences, readers and scholars because of their engagement withthe whole body, not just the reading mind. An original examination of Shakespeare's appeal writtenby leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. SmithContains insightful examinations of a single Shakespearesonnet, Venus and Adonis, and King Lear to model thepossibilities of historical phenomenology as a better strategy forcritical reading than approaches based on language alonePushes beyond traditional treatments of ShakespeareAn ideal handbook of contemporary approaches to Shakespeare anda celebration of Shakespeare's staying power on stage, on film, andon the page

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631235493
• ISBN13: 9780631235491
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"