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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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197281

Shakespeare and space

theatrical explorations of the spatial paradigm

edited byIna HabermannMichelle Witen

Abstract

This collection offers an overview of the ways in which space has become relevant to the study of Shakespearean drama and theatre. It distinguishes various facets of space, such as structural aspects of dramatic composition, performance space and the evocation of place, linguistic, social and gendered spaces, early modern geographies, and the impact of theatrical mobility on cultural exchange and the material world. These facets of space are exemplified in individual essays. Throughout, the Shakespearean stage is conceived as a topological ‘node’, or interface between different times, places and people – an approach which also invokes Edward Soja’s notion of ‘Thirdspace’ to describe the blend between the real and the imaginary characteristic of Shakespeare’s multifaceted theatrical world. Part Two of the volume emphasises the theatrical mobility of Hamlet – conceptually from an anthropological perspective, and historically in the tragedy’s migrations to Germany, Russia and North America. 

Details | Table of Contents

Thickets and beaches

evoking place in the stories of king lear

Werner Brönnimann

pp.59-78

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51835-4_4
The German hamlet

ghostly encounters in the space of the stage and the novel

Alexander Honold

pp.163-189

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51835-4_9
Hamlet's mobility

the reception of Shakespeare's tragedy in us American and canadian narrative fiction

Gabriele Rippl

pp.229-255

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51835-4_11
Local habitations

hamlet at helsingør, juliet at verona

Balz Engler

pp.257-267

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51835-4_12

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2016

Pages: 282

Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-137-51834-7

ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-51835-4

Full citation:

Habermann Ina, Witen Michelle (2016) Shakespeare and space: theatrical explorations of the spatial paradigm. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.