Shakespeare's artists : the painters, sculptors, poets and musicians in his plays and poems

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Shakespeare's artists : the painters, sculptors, poets and musicians in his plays and poems

B.J. Sokol

(The Arden Shakespeare)

The Arden Shakespeare, 2020, c2018

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"Paperback edition published 2020"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-317) and index

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Description

This study of the many poets, musicians and visual artists portrayed or described in Shakespeare’s plays and poems reveals a fascination with art and its makers that continued to influence Shakespeare’s work throughout his career. It also uncovers unexpected aspects of an enthusiastic Elizabethan consumption of artworks, an enthusiasm that had significant bearing on the quite new profession that Shakespeare himself followed. A high valuation placed on art and artists, and at the same time certain fears of these and fears for these, made for a very complex reception of the figure of the artist, and Shakespeare’s treatments were equal to that complexity.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One. Painters and Sculptors in Shakespeare’s Poems Chapter Two. Painters and Sculptors in Shakespearian Plays Chapter Three. Poets in Shakespeare’s Plays Chapter Four. Poets in Shakespeare’s Poems Chapter Five. Shakespeare’s Musicians: Mimetic Chapter Six. Shakespeare’s Mythical Musicians Afterword Bibliography Index

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