Claude Fretz

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Dreams, Sleep, and Shakespeare's Genres (2020)Hardcover - 2020, 6 February 2020

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Part of Series
Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
Print Length
268 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Date Published
6 Feb 2020
ISBN-10
3030135187
ISBN-13
9783030135188

Description

This book explores how Shakespeare uses images of dreams and sleep to define his dramatic worlds. Surveying Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies, histories, and late plays, it argues that Shakespeare systematically exploits early modern physiological, religious, and political understandings of dreams and sleep in order to reshape conventions of dramatic genre, and to experiment with dream-inspired plots.
The book discusses the significance of dreams and sleep in early modern culture, and explores the dramatic opportunities that this offered to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. It also offers new insights into how Shakespeare adapted earlier literary models of dreams and sleep - including those found in classical drama, in medieval dream visions, and in native English dramatic traditions. The book appeals to academics, students, teachers, and practitioners in the fields of literature, drama, and cultural history, as well as to general readers interested in Shakespeare's works and their cultural context.

Product Details

Author:
Claude Fretz
Book Edition:
2020
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
6 February 2020
Dimensions:
21.01 x 14.81 x 1.75 cm
ISBN-10:
3030135187
ISBN-13:
9783030135188
Language:
English
Location:
Cham
Pages:
268
Weight:
485.34 gm

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