The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage: Gesture, Touch and the Spectacle of Dismemberment by Farah Karim-Cooper

The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage: Gesture, Touch and the Spectacle of Dismemberment

Farah Karim-Cooper

328 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction challenging reflective medium-paced
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This ground-breaking new book uncovers the way Shakespeare draws upon the available literature and visual representations of the hand to inform his drama. Providing an analysis of gesture, touch, skill and dismemberment in a range of Shakespeare's...

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