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The hand on the Shakespearean stage : gesture, touch and the spectacle of dismemberment / Farah Karim-Cooper.

  • Accession number

    83428137

  • Class

    65.19/KAR

  • Physical description

    xiii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

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Contents: Introduction Chapter One: The Idea of the Hand in Shakespeare's World Chapter Two: Manners and Beauty: The Social Hand Chapter Three: 'Lively Action': Gesture in Early Modern Performance Chapter Four: Gesture and Shakespeare's Narrative Art Chapter Five: 'Let Lips do what Hands do': Shakespeare's Sense of Touch Chapter Six: Amputation: The Spectacle of Dismemberment in Shakespeare's Theatres Epilogue -- Fingers Notes Index