Staging touch in Shakespeare's England /
MacConochie, Alex,
Staging touch in Shakespeare's England / Alex MacConochie. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. - 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages).
When Shakespearean characters kiss, embrace, or shake hands, what does it mean? Are dramatic characters following established rules of conduct, or breaking them? Are there rules to break? 'Staging Touch in Shakespeare's England' addresses these and related questions and, in the process, uncovers the social semiotics of contact in the early modern theatre.
9780191948169 (ebook) : No price
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Touch in literature.
822.309353
Staging touch in Shakespeare's England / Alex MacConochie. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. - 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages).
When Shakespearean characters kiss, embrace, or shake hands, what does it mean? Are dramatic characters following established rules of conduct, or breaking them? Are there rules to break? 'Staging Touch in Shakespeare's England' addresses these and related questions and, in the process, uncovers the social semiotics of contact in the early modern theatre.
9780191948169 (ebook) : No price
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Touch in literature.
822.309353