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Metaphor and Shakespearean drama : unchaste signification / Maria Franziska Fahey.

  • Accession number

    83445862

  • Class

    45/FAH

  • ISBN

    9780230251878 (hbk.), 0230251870 (hbk.)

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    xvii, 192 p. : 1 ill. ; 23 cm.

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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliography and index. Formatted contents note: Contents: Proving Desdemona Haggard: metaphor and marriage in Othello -- "Martyred signs": sacrifice and metaphor in Titus Andronicus -- Imperfect speech: equivocation and metaphor in Macbeth -- "Base comparison": figuring royalty in King Henry IV part 1 -- "Ears of flesh and blood": dead metaphors and ghostly figures in Hamlet -- "Strange fish": transport and translation in The tempest. Uk-SuSCL. Summary, etc: This text explores the fruitful and potentially disorderly nature of metaphorical utterances in Shakespearean drama, with analyses of Othello, Titus Andronicus, King Henry IV Part 1, Macbeth, Hamlet, and The Tempest.