Shakespeare's speculative art / Maurice A. Hunt.

Title
  1. Shakespeare's speculative art / Maurice A. Hunt.
Published by
  1. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Author
  1. Hunt, Maurice, 1942-

Details

Description
  1. 263 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. This is the first book-length analysis of Shakespeare's depiction of specula (mirrors) to reveal the literal and allegorical functions of mirrors in the playwright's art and thought.
Subject
  1. DRAMA > Shakespeare
  2. LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare
  3. Mirrors in literature
  4. Philosophy
  5. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation
  6. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Philosophy
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Speculative understanding and ignorance in Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, and MacBeth -- Holding up drama as an ideal mirror in Hamlet and the life of King Henry the fifth -- Mirroring Queen Elizabeth in John Lyly's comedies -- Mirroring Queen Elizabeth in Love's labor's lost -- A speculative political allegory in A midsummer night's dream -- Mirroring the Earl of Southampton in All's well that ends well.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain