Shakespeare's Mirrors

by Edward Evans

Clear mirrors and The Geneva Bible, revolutionary innovations of the Elizabethan age, inspired Shakespeare's drive towards a new purpose for drama. Shakespeare reversed the conventional mirror metaphor for drama, implying drama cannot reflect the substance of human nature, and developed a method of characterization, through metadrama, self-awareness and soliloquy, to project St. Paul's idea of conscience onto the Elizabethan stage. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032726989
• ISBN13: 9781032726984
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"