Bøker av Richard Meek

"This is the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of sympathy in the early modern period, providing an extensive and deeply researched examination of its development in Anglophone literature and culture"--

Examines Shakespeare's fascination with the art of narrative and the visuality of language. This book 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.