Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting by Gleyzon, François-Xavier

Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761841371)

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Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting by Gleyzon, François-Xavier

Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting

$62.99
Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting by Gleyzon, François-Xavier

Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting

$62.99
Format: Paperback
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This book explores the figure of the snail in Shakespeare and in Renaissance painting. From the emergence of the gastropod object/subject in the text of King Lear and its iconic interface in Giovanni Bellini's painting Allegory of Falsehood, this study follows the path traced by the snail throughout the Őuvre.

Author: François-Xavier Gleyzon
ISBN-10: 0761841377
ISBN-13: 9780761841371
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2010
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
By François-Xavier Gleyzon
By François-Xavier Gleyzon
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François-Xavier Gleyzon is assistant professor of English at the American University of Beirut. His publications include "Christine Buci-Glucksmann: Shakespeare and the Archaeology of Shadows," along with articles on English Renaissance literature in relation to visual arts. His current research focuses on Shakespeare, religion, and terror.

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