Voice and ethics in Shakespeare's late plays /

Breaking new ground in Shakespearean sound studies, Kent Lehnhof draws scholarly attention to the rich ethical significance of the voice and vocality. Less concerned with semantics, stylistics and rhetoric than with the sensuous, sonorous and somatic dimensions of human speech, Lehnhof performs clos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lehnhof, Kent Russell, 1970- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2025].
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Coriolanus. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > King Lear. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Pericles. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Winter's tale. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Tempest. Voice in literature. Ethics in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the sound of the voice
Bodies and voices in Coriolanus
Tricks of the voice in King Lear
Seeing and speaking in Pericles
Phone and female mourning in The Winter's tale
Voicing authority in The Tempest. <br>