Overview
The first ever study on speed and flight in Shakespeare's plays
Examines how Shakespeare uses language to explore concepts of speed and flight
Introduces the 'historical phenomenology' of early modern speed
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About this book
Shakespeare's plays are fascinated by the problems of speed and flight. They are repeatedly interested in humans, spirits, and objects that move very fast; become airborne; and in some cases even travel into space. In Speed and Flight in Shakespeare, the first study of any kind on the subject, Steggle looks at how Shakespeare’s language explores ideas of speed and flight, and what theatrical resources his plays use to represent these states. Shakespeare has, this book argues, an aesthetic of speed and flight. Featuring chapters on The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Macbeth and The Tempest, this study opens up a new field around the ‘historical phenomenology’ of early modern speed.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Matthew Steggle is Professor of English at the University of Bristol, UK. His research interests include early modern literature and drama, with a particular focus on "historicized performance studies", and "acoustic approaches" to early modern drama. His publications include four monographs on early modern drama; editions of plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, and Brome; and dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters. Steggle is also Co-editor of the AHRC-funded Oxford Works of John Marston project, and of the Lost Plays Database.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Speed and Flight in Shakespeare
Authors: Matthew Steggle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93657-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-93656-3Published: 22 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-93657-0Published: 21 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 136
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Drama, Theatre History, Technology and Stagecraft, Performing Arts