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Narrating the visual in Shakespeare / Richard Meek.
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Author
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Date published
2009
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Publisher
Farnham : Ashgate, 2009.
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Subject
Visual perception in literature
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Accession number
83438807
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Class
65.19/MEE
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ISBN
9780754657750 (hbk.), 0754657752 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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General note: Includes essays on Venus and Adonis, The rape of Lucrece, Hamlet, King Lear and The winter's tale. UK-SuSCL Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary, etc: Richard Meek examines Shakespeare's fascination with the art of narrative and the visuality of language. He complicates our conception of Shakespeare as either a 'man of the theatre' or a 'literary dramatist', suggesting ways in which his works themselves debate the question of text versus performance. Target audience: Specialized.