Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder

by T.G. Bishop

Book Overview

Playwrights throughout 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521550866
• ISBN13: 9780521550864
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"