A New Mimesis: Shakespeare and the Representation of Reality

by A.D. Nuttall

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In pursuit of a powerful, commonsense argument about realism, renowned scholar A. D. Nuttall discusses English eighteenth-century and French neoclassical conceptions of realism and considers Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and both parts of King Henry IV as a prolonged feat of mimesis, with particular emphasis on Shakespeare's perception of society and culture as subject to historical change. Shakespeare is chosen as the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0416317804

ISBN13:9780416317800

Release Date:January 1983

Publisher:Methuen Publishing

Length:209 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

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