Shakespeare and the Mismeasure of Renaissance Man:

by Paula Blank

Shakespeare's poems and plays are rich in reference to "measure, number, and weight," which were the key terms of an early modern empirical and quantitative imagination. Shakespeare's investigation of Renaissance measures of reality centers on the consequences of applying principles of measurement to the appraisal of human value. This is especially true of efforts to judge people as better or worse than, or equal to, one another. With special attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801444756
• ISBN13: 9780801444753
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher