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Shakespeare and the Art of Physiognomy

Shakespeare and the Art of Physiognomy

Baumbach, Sibylle

Paperback

General PoetryShakespeare

ISBN10: 1847600794
ISBN13: 9781847600790
Publisher: Humanities Ebooks
Published: Oct 11 2016
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book deals with the poetics of the human face, the art of physiognomy, and strategies of nonverbal communication in Shakespeare's plays. It offers new insight into Shakespeare's modes of characterisation, and his art of performance. In Shakespeare's plays, the human face is a focal point. As an area where expression and impression meet (and, ideally, correspond), its reliability and trustworthiness are frequently put to the test, sparking off a controversy which serves as a significant and highly challenging subtext to the overall plot. Professor Baumbach studied at Heidelberg, Cambridge and Munich, and has taught at the universities of Warwick, Giessen, and Stanford. She is now at the University of Innsbruck. Her publications include 'Let me behold thy face'-- Physiognomik und Gesichtslektueren in Shakespeares Tragoedien (2007), An Introduction to the Study of Plays and Drama (as co-author, 2009), and Literature and Fascination (2015.

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