Landscapes of the Passing Strange: Reflections from Shakespeare

by Rosamond Wolff Purcell

In this collaborative work, photographer Rosamond Purcell and Shakespeare scholar Michael Witmore explore the transcendent emotion in Shakespeare's work through photographs, pairing the allusive power of images with the subversive effects of Shakespeare's language. The book takes advantage of oblique connections to reveal things that cannot be represented directly on stage.

Purcell has pioneered the technique of capturing reflections in antique...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393339483
• ISBN13: 9780393339482
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.5" x 9.5"