Staging the Blazon in Early Modern English Theater

by Deborah Uman (Editor), Sara Morrison (Editor)

Offering the first sustained and comprehensive scholarly consideration of the dramatic potential of the blazon, this volume complicates what has become a standard reading of the Petrarchan convention of dismembering the beloved through poetic description. At the same time, it contributes to a growing understanding of the relationship between the material conditions of theatre and interpretations of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

233 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2013