Stage, stake, and scaffold : humans and animals in Shakespeare's theatre /

In Shakespeare's London, the stage of the playhouse, the stake of the bear baiting arena, and the scaffold of public execution constituted an ensemble of related spectacles that shared the same audiences. Andreas Hofele argues that this generated a powerful exchange of images and a spill-over o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Höfele, Andreas, 1950-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Animals. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 Human body in literature. Human-animal relationships in literature. Corps humain dans la littérature. Relations humain-animal dans la littérature. Animals Human-animal relationships in literature Human body in literature Theater English. Languages & Literatures. English Literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

'What beast was't then?': stretching the boundaries in Macbeth
A kingdom for a scaffold
'More than a creeping thing': baiting Coriolanus
Cannibal, animal: figurations of the (in)human in Montaigne, Foxe, and Shakespearean revenge tragedy
'I'll see their trial first': law and disorder in Lear's Animal kingdom
Revels' end: The tempest and after.