Shakespeare and the Mannerist Tradition: A Reading of Five Problem Plays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521023719)

This 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.

Author: Jean-Pierre Maquerlot
ISBN-10: 0521023718
ISBN-13: 9780521023719
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2005
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d