Shakespeare and the Mannerist Tradition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521410830)

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: 0521410835
ISBN-13: 9780521410830
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/23/1996
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.19w x 0.68d