Shakespeare's Settings and a Sense of Place

ISBN-13: 9781783168088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 101 str.

Ralph Berry

Opis

Shakespeare s plays are powerfully shaped by their sense of place. From Romeo and Juliet s fiery, divided Verona to the mists and ghosts of Hamlet s Denmark or Macbeth s Inverness, location in Shakespeare is often as much a character as any of his protagonists. Unlike his other characters, however, it is still possible to visit many of the locations in Shakespeare s plays, and author and scholar Ralph Berry does just that, visiting each of the places that inspired the Bard s imagination.
Examining locations Shakespeare knew from personal experience, such as Windsor; locations he created through imagination, such as Elsinore, based on far-off Kronborg Castle; and locations important because Shakespeare s plays were performed there, such as Hampton Court and the Great Hall of the Middle Temple, Shakespeare s Settings and a Sense of Place is a vivid and unique approach to the great author s work, sure to appeal to fans and scholars alike."