Richard III's bodies from medieval England to modernity : Shakespeare and disability history /

Shakespeare scholar Jeffrey R. Wilson offers compelling insights into the persisting fascination across centuries and generations with Richard III the person, the character and the myth through an examination of the shifting conceptualizations and depictions of Richard III's deformity and disab...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilson, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Robert), 1982- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > King Richard III. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Richard III. Disabilities in the theater. Abnormalities, Human, in literature. Stigma (Social psychology) in literature. Sociology of disability > History.

Table of Contents:

Stigmatizing Richard III's Disability up to Shakespeare: The Figural Paradigm
The Models of Stigma in Shakespeare's First Tetralogy: Spirituality, Psychology, Sociology
The Reality of Physiognomy in Richard III
The Unnatural Age of Margaret: Antiquating the Spiritual Model of Stigma in Richard III
Richard III's Disability After Shakespeare: Discovering the Causal Paradigm
Richard III's Disability in Modern Performance: The Changing Bodies of Character and Actor
The Anthropology of Audience: Historical Presentism in Shakespeare Studies.