Shakespeare's Webs: Networks of Meaning in Renaissance Drama

by Arthur F. Kinney

Book Overview

In this book, renowned Renaissance drama critic Arthur F. Kinney argues that Shakespeare's method of composing plays through networks of meanings can be seen as a harbinger of today's information technology. Drawing upon hypertext and cognitive theory--areas that have for some time promised to take on more importance in the sphere of Shakespeare Studies--as well as the central metaphor of the Routledge collection The Renaissance Computer, Kinney looks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415971039
• ISBN13: 9780415971034
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.6"