The Sound of Shakespeare
by
Wes Folkerth
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Accents on Shakespeare
ISBN-10
0415253764
ISBN-13
9780415253765
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 27th, 2002
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
204 grams
Product Classification:
Shakespeare studies & criticism
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This book is about the role of sound in Shakespeare¹s art, about how he heard the world around him, and about what it means for us to listen to him.
The ''Sound of Shakespeare'' reveals the surprising extent to which Shakespeare''s art is informed by the various attitudes, beliefs, practices and discourses that pertained to sound and hearing in his culture.
In this engaging study, Wes Folkerth develops listening as a critical practice, attending to the ways in which Shakespeare''s plays express their author''s awareness of early modern associations between sound and particular forms of ethical and aesthetic experience. Through readings of the acoustic representation of deep subjectivity in Richard III, of the ''public ear'' in Antony and Cleopatra, the receptive ear in Coriolanus, the grotesque ear in A Midsummer Night''s Dream, the ''greedy ear'' in Othello, and the ''willing ear'' in Measure for Measure, Folkerth demonstrates that by listening to Shakespeare himself listening, we derive a fuller understanding of why his works continue to resonate so strongly with is today.
In this engaging study, Wes Folkerth develops listening as a critical practice, attending to the ways in which Shakespeare''s plays express their author''s awareness of early modern associations between sound and particular forms of ethical and aesthetic experience. Through readings of the acoustic representation of deep subjectivity in Richard III, of the ''public ear'' in Antony and Cleopatra, the receptive ear in Coriolanus, the grotesque ear in A Midsummer Night''s Dream, the ''greedy ear'' in Othello, and the ''willing ear'' in Measure for Measure, Folkerth demonstrates that by listening to Shakespeare himself listening, we derive a fuller understanding of why his works continue to resonate so strongly with is today.
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