Shakespeare and the art of physiognomy /

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This book deals with the poetics of the human face, the art of physiognomy, and strategies of nonverbal communication in Shakespeare's plays. It offers new insight into Shakespeare's modes of characterisation, and his art of performance. In Shakespeare's.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baumbach, Sibylle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tirril, Penrith [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, ©2008.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Physiognomy.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Physiognomy in literature.
Physiognomonie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Physiognomy
Physiognomy in literature
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Licence and Use
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Notice
  • CONTENTS
  • 1 Looking for Shakespeareâ€?s Face(s)
  • 2 A Brief Overview of Physiognomic Thought and Theory
  • 3 Shakespeareâ€?s Physiognomic Characters
  • 3.1 Physiognomic Types and Character-(Re)Writings
  • 3.2 Outperforming Performance
  • 3.3 Physiognomic Reflections
  • 4 A Physiognomic Inventory
  • 4.1 A Title-leaf to the Face
  • 4.2 Windows to the Soul
  • 4.3 â€?Let him not leave out the colour of her hairâ€?
  • 4.4 â€?Where is thy blush?â€?
  • 4.5 â€?God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves anotherâ€?4.6 â€?Soft, gentle, and low, an excellent thing in womanâ€?
  • 5 â€?Let me behold thy faceâ€?â€?Physiognomic Readings
  • 6 The Physiognomist in Shakespeareâ€?s Plays
  • 6.1 Facing the Macbeths
  • 6.2 Cleopatra, a New Gorgon
  • 6.3 Othello and the Physiognomy of the Mind
  • 6.4 Much Ado about Masking
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 8 Selected Bibliography
  • Humanities Insights

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