Shakespeare and the Energies of Drama

by Michael Goldman

Book Overview

Shakespeare's texts are seen by the poet and critic Michael Goldman as designs for theatrical experience--the complex emotional, physical, and intellectual transaction between actor and audience that brings alive Shakespeare's imagination and makes it immediate to our own. Mr. Goldman's particular concerns are these: what the audience responds to in an acted play; how Shakespeare controls and shapes this response; what the response means, and why...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691619743
• ISBN13: 9780691619743
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"