Shakespeare's violence and the early modern Spectator /
Shakespeare's plays feature events of extreme violence. Investigating the ways in which the original early modern audiences might have reacted to their scenes of violence, this volume reveals too the complex web of factors that shape our present-day responses to violence and suffering, both on...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
The Arden Shakespeare,
2026.
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| Summary: | Shakespeare's plays feature events of extreme violence. Investigating the ways in which the original early modern audiences might have reacted to their scenes of violence, this volume reveals too the complex web of factors that shape our present-day responses to violence and suffering, both on stage and off. Rebecca Yearling combines close textual analysis with insights from the history of emotions, early modern theatre and cultural history, performance studies and contemporary psychological research to model a new way of approaching early modern audience response. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 239 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1350565385 9781350565388 |