The Illustrated Shakespeare, 1709–1875

The Illustrated Shakespeare, 1709–1875
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9781107328204
ISBN-13 : 1107328209
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Download or read book The Illustrated Shakespeare, 1709–1875 written by Stuart Sillars and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations have been an important element of many of the most extensively read editions of Shakespeare's plays, from the frontispieces to Nicholas Rowe's 1709 edition to the multiple images placed within the text of Victorian editions. Through symbols the illustrations have explored language and character; by allusion to earlier paintings they have offered critical readings; and by gesture, setting and costume they have redesigned the plays within the visual vocabulary of their own times. In all these ways they offer important exchanges with contemporary social, aesthetic and critical concerns, and, despite being largely ignored by scholars, are central to the plays' reception. Highly illustrated, including many images not previously reproduced, the book allows the reader to share the experience of early readers of the plays. Building on the author's earlier work in Painting Shakespeare it offers a fresh address to the tradition of visual criticism and assimilation of Shakespeare's plays.


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