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Verfasst von:Chiari, Sophie [VerfasserIn]   i
Titel:Shakespeare’s Representation of Weather, Climate and Environment
Titelzusatz:The Early Modern ‘Fated Sky’
Verf.angabe:Sophie Chiari
Verlagsort:Edinburgh
Verlag:Edinburgh University Press
E-Jahr:2022
Jahr:[2022]
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (320 p.)
Illustrationen:11 B/W illustrations
Schrift/Sprache:In English
Ang. zum Inhalt:Frontmatter
 Contents
 Illustrations
 Acknowledgements
 Textual Note
 Introduction
 Chapter 1 ‘We see / The seasons alter’: Climate Change in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 Chapter 2 ‘[T]he fire is grown too hot!’: Romeo and Juliet and the Dog Days
 Chapter 3 ‘Winter and rough weather’: Arden’s Sterile Climate
 Chapter 4 Othello: Shakespeare’s À bout de souffle
 Chapter 5 ‘The pelting of [a] pitiless storm’: Thunder and Lightning in King Lear
 Chapter 6 Clime and Slime in Anthony and Cleopatra
 Chapter 7 The I/Eye of the Storm: Prospero’s Tempest
 Conclusion: ‘Under heaven’s eye’
 Bibliography
 Index
ISBN:978-1-4744-4254-1
Abstract:The first in-depth exploration of Shakespeare’s representations of climate and the skyOffers an all-encompassing approach on early modern climate in ShakespeareRedefines the notion of ‘climate’ as Shakespeare’s contemporaries understood itSuggests new hermeneutic tracks to understand Shakespeare’s major comedies and tragediesProbes environmental issues in Shakespeare’s plays and, in doing so, echoes major concerns of the present timeWhile ecocritical approaches to literary texts receive more and more attention, climate-related issues remain fairly neglected, particularly in the field of Shakespeare studies. This monograph explores the importance of weather and changing skies in early modern England while acknowledging the fact that traditional representations and religious beliefs still fashioned people’s relations to meteorological phenomena. At the same time, a growing number of literati stood against determinism and defended free will, thereby insisting on the ability to act upon celestial forces. Sophie Chiari argues that Shakespeare reconciles the scholarly approaches of his time with popular views rooted in superstition and promotes a sensitive, pragmatic understanding of climatic events. Taking into account the influence of classical thought, each of the book’s seven chapters addresses a different play where sky-related topics are crucial and considers the way climatic phenomena were presented on stage and how they came to shape the production and reception of Shakespeare’s drama
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Datenträger:Online-Ressource
Sprache:eng
Sach-SW:Literary Studies
 LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare
K10plus-PPN:1800724209
 
 
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