Shakespeare and emotions : inheritances, enactments, legacies /

"This collection of original essays by established and emerging scholars approaches the works of Shakespeare from the topical perspective of the History of Emotions. What emerges is not a single paradigm or 'grand narrative', but a variety of approaches, ranging from the historical to...

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Other Authors: White, R. S., 1948- (Editor), Houlahan, Mark, 1960- (Editor), O'Loughlin, Katrina (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Palgrave Shakespeare studies.
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Table of Contents:
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  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Contributors
  • 1. Reclaiming Heartlands: Shakespeare And The History Of Emotions In Literature; R. S. White
  • PART I: EMOTIONAL INHERITANCES
  • 2. 'Of Comfort And Dispaire': Plato's Philosophy Of Love And Shakespeare's Sonnets; Danijela Kambaskovic
  • 3. Locus Amoenus Or Locus Violens? Shakespearean Emotions Expressed Through An Ovidian Model; Bri;d Phillips
  • 4. Once Upon A Time: Cymbeline, Fairy Tales, And 'The Terrifying Truths Of The Inner Life'; Ciara Rawnsley
  • 5. '... Another Comfort': Virginity And Emotion In Measure For Measure; Andrew Lynch
  • 6. French Feeling: Language, Sex And Identity In Henry V; Stephanie Downes
  • 7. Power, Vulnerability And Sexuality: Representations Of Margaret Of Anjou In A London Chronicle And Shakespeare's 3 Henry VI; Mary-Rose McLaren
  • PART II: SHAKESPEAREAN ENACTMENTS
  • 8. 'My Heart Dances': Performing Emotion Through Shakespeare's Rhythms; Peter Groves
  • 9. 'The Teares Of Ten Thousand Spectators': Shakespeare's Experiments With Emotion From Talbot To Richard II; Ruth Lunney
  • 10. Emotional Education And Leadership In The Henriad; Martin Dawes
  • 11. 'Say How I Loved You': Queering The Emotion Of Male Same-Sex Love In The Merchant Of Venice; Anthony Guy Patricia
  • 12. Making A Virtue Of Giddiness: Rethinking Troilus' (E)Motion; Alison V. Scott
  • 13. 'I Shall Split All / In Pleasure Of My Spleen!': Troilus And Cressida And The Expression Of Emotion; Ronald Bedford
  • 14. Displacement: Maps And Emotions In Othello; Christopher Wortham
  • 15. Lear In The Storm: Shakespeare's Emotional Exploration Of Sovereign Mortality; Jennifer Hamilton
  • 16. 'Sociable' Tears In The Tempest; Heather Kerr
  • PART III: EMOTIONAL LEGACIES AND RE-ENACTMENTS
  • 17. Only Connect: Dramaturgy And A Living Shakespeare; Philippa Kelly
  • 18. Cabbages And Kings: Curating The Objects And Emotions Of English Encounter With The World Through Shakespeare; Susan Broomhall
  • 19. 'Tis Master's Voice: A Seventeenth-Century Shakespeare Recording?; Andrew Lawrence-King
  • 20. Recognition In Shakespeare And Hegel; Simon Haines
  • 21. 'The Days That We Have Seen': History And Regret In Henry IV, Parts One And Two And The Hollow Crown (2012); Rosemary Gaby
  • 22. Whose Nostalgia? Geoffrey Rush And The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Brisbane 1987; Elizabeth Schafer
  • 23. Afterword; Mark Houlahan
  • Selective Bibliography
  • Index.