Shakespeare’s Play within Play

Medieval Imagery and Scenic Form in "Hamlet," "Othello," and "King Lear"

By (author) Cherrell Guilfoyle

Book cover: Shakespeare’s Play within Play

Extent: 171 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Early Drama, Art, and Music Monograph

Language: English

Paperback (Out of print)

(December 1990)

ISBN: 9780918720351

Price: $24.95

Out of stock

Hardback (Published)

(July 1990)

ISBN: 9780918720344

6.14 x 9.21 inches

Price: $14.95

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PDF (Published)

(December 1990)

ISBN: 9781580446365

Price: $12.00

In his foreward to the volume, Clifford Davidson praises Guilfoyle’s application of the concept of scenic form in her study of Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear, and her exposition of Shakespeare’s historical consciousness, noting her sensitive examination of the shape of the playwright’s scenes when placed against traditional visual configurations and related textual resonances. Any student of Shakespeare will benefit from the nuanced study of his imagery and how it helps to color his characters and the action in his plays.

Acknowledgments Foreward Introduction Ower Swete Sokor: The Role of Ophelia in Hamlet The Beginning of Hamlet King Hamlet's Two Successors A Kind of Vengeance: Images of Classical and Divine Vengeance in Hamlet Othello, Otuel, and the English Charlemagne Romances Lead to the Sagittary: Victim and Predator in Othello Mactacio Desdemonae: Medieval Scenic Form in the Last Scene of Othello The Way to Dover: Arthurian Imagery in King Lear The Redemption of King Lear, Acknowledgments
Foreward
Introduction
"Ower Swete Sokor": The Role of Ophelia in Hamlet
The Beginning of Hamlet
King Hamlet's Two Successors
A Kind of Vengeance: Images of Classical and Divine Vengeance in Hamlet
Othello, Otuel, and the English Charlemagne Romances
"Lead to the Sagittary": Victim and Predator in Othello
Mactacio Desdemonae: Medieval Scenic Form in the Last Scene of Othello
The Way to Dover: Arthurian Imagery in King Lear
"The Redemption of King Lear"
Notes
Index

  • By (author) Cherrell Guilfoyle