Shakespeare and the mismeasure of Renaissance man

The Renaissance art of measurement -- Poetic numbers and Shakespeare's "lines of life" -- Pounds of flesh : race relations in the Venice plays -- Shakespeare's social arithmetics : checking the math of King Lear -- The Lesbian rule of Measure for measure -- How smart is Hamlet? :...

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Autor principal: Blank, Paula 1959-2016 (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Ithaca, NY London Cornell Univ. Press 2006
En:Año: 2006
Críticas:[Rezension von: Blank, Paula, Shakespeare and the Mismeasure of Renaissance Man] (2008) (Baker, Christopher Richard, 1961 -)
Edición:1. publ.
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 / Antropometría
B Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 / Unidad de medida (Motivo)
B Historia
Otras palabras clave:B Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation
B Anthropometry in literature
B Measurement in literature
B Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Criticism and interpretation
Acceso en línea: Table of contents
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Sumario:The Renaissance art of measurement -- Poetic numbers and Shakespeare's "lines of life" -- Pounds of flesh : race relations in the Venice plays -- Shakespeare's social arithmetics : checking the math of King Lear -- The Lesbian rule of Measure for measure -- How smart is Hamlet? : Shakespeare and Renaissance "intelligence testing."
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-206) and index
ISBN:0801444756