Shakespeare's Violated Bodies: Stage and Screen Performance

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Author: Pascale Aebischer

ISBN-10: 0521829356

ISBN-13: 9780521829359

Category: Drama - Literary Criticism

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Looks at the violation of bodies in Shakespeare's tragedies, especially as shown (or concealed) in performance on stage and screen.

List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsNote on texts usedPrologue : the gravedigger's daughter - a story of loss1Introduction : filling the empty space41Titus Andronicus : spectacular obscenities242'Not dead? not yet quite dead?' : Hamlet's unruly corpses643Murderous male moors : gazing at race in Titus Andronicus and Othello1024En-gendering violence and suffering in King Lear151Epilogue : Polly goes to Hollywood - a success story190App: Main productions cited192Bibliography203Index217