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Shakespeare and the Environment: A Dictionary

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Shakespeare and the Environment: A Dictionary

Contributors:

By (Author) Sophie Chiari
Series edited by Sandra Clark

ISBN:

9781350110465

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

The Arden Shakespeare

Publication Date:

21st April 2022

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Subject dictionaries

Dewey:

822.33

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

456

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Weight:

804g

Description

While our physical surroundings fashion our identities, we, in turn, fashion the natural elements in which or with which we live. This complex interaction between the human and the non-human already resonated in Shakespeares plays and poems. As details of the early modern supra- and infra-celestial landscape feature in his works, this dictionary brings to the fore Shakespeares responsiveness to and acute perception of his environment and it covers the most significant uses of words related to this concept. In doing so, it also examines the epistemological changes that were taking place at the turn of the 17th century in a society which increasingly tried to master nature and its elements. For this reason, the intersections between the natural and the supernatural receive special emphasis. All in all, this dictionary offers a wide variety of resources that takes stock of the green criticism that recently emerged in Shakespeare studies and provides a clear and complete overview of the idea, imagery and language of environment in the canon.

Author Bio

Sophie Chiari is Professor of early modern literature at Universit Clermont Auvergne, France. She specializes in Shakespeare studies and is the author of Shakespeare's Representation of Weather, Climate and Environment: The Early Modern 'Fated Sky' (2018). She has edited or coedited several collections of essays including Spectacular Science, Technology and Superstition in the Age of Shakespeare (2017) and Freedom and Censorship in Early Modern English Literature (2018).

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