Shakespeare and the theatre of wonder
by T. G. Bishop
Playwrights through history have used the emotion of wonder to explore the relation between feeling and knowing in the theatre. In Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder, T. G. Bishop argues that wonder provides a turbulent space, rich at once in emotion and self-consciousness, where the nature and value of knowing is brought into question.
Bishop compares the treatment of wonder in classical philosophy and drama, and goes on to examine English cycle-plays, charting wonder's ambivalent relation to dogma and sacrament in the medieval religious theatre. Through extended readings of three of Shakespeare's plays - The Comedy of Errors, Pericles, and The Winter's Tale - Bishop argues that Shakespeare uses wonder as a key component of his dialectic between affirmation and critique.
Wonder is shown as vital to the characteristic self-consciousness of Shakespeare's plays as acts of narrative inquiry and renovation.
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Wonder in literature, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English, Knowledge, Theory of, in literature, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, comedy of errors, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, winter's tale, Mysteries and miracle-plays, history and criticism| Edition | Availability |
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Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
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Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder
2009, Cambridge University Press
in English
0511586221 9780511586224
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Shakespeare and the theatre of wonder
1996, Cambridge University Press
in English
0521550866 9780521550864
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index.
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