Shakespeare and the Mannerist Tradition: A Reading of Five Problem PlaysThis book contends that Shakespeare's so-called "problem plays" can be viewed as experiments in the Mannerist style. The plays reappraised here are Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure. Maquerlot reveals intriguing analogies between Shakespeare's plays and the structural ambiguity of certain Italian Mannerist paintings, establishing the relevance to drama of a concept imported from the field of visual art. |
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Contents
The problem of Mannerism | 7 |
towards a definition of Mannerism | 17 |
Mannerism in reaction to formalism | 49 |
Julius Caesar and dramatic coquetry | 72 |
Hamlet optical effects | 87 |
Troilus and Cressida 1 18 | 118 |
Mostrar lartc Alls ellThatEnds ell and Measure for Measure | 146 |
The end of the Mannerist moment | 170 |
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| Title | Shakespeare and the Mannerist Tradition: A Reading of Five Problem Plays |
| Author | Jean-Pierre Maquerlot |
| Editor | University of Cambridge |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0521410835, 9780521410830 |
| Length | 197 pages |
| Subjects | › › Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Shakespeare |
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