{"product_id":"venus-s-palace","title":"Venus’s Palace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book lays bare the dialogue between Shakespeare and critics of the stage and positions it as part of an ongoing cultural, ethical, and psychological debate about the effects of performance on actors and on spectators. In so doing, the book makes a substantial contribution both to the study of representations of theatre in Shakespeare’s plays and to the understanding of ethical concerns about acting and spectating—then, and now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book opens with a comprehensive and coherent analysis of the main early modern English anxieties about theater and its power. These are read against twentieth- and twenty-first-century theories of acting, interviews with actors, and research into the effects of media representation on spectator behaviour, all of which demonstrate the lingering relevance of antitheatrical claims and the personal and philosophical implications of acting and spectating.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe main part of the book reveals Shakespeare’s responses to major antitheatrical claims about the powerful effects of poetry, music, playacting, and playgoing. It also demonstrates the evolution of Shakespeare’s view of these claims over the course of his career: from light-hearted parody in \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream, \u003c\/i\u003ethrough systematic contemplation in \u003ci\u003eHamlet, \u003c\/i\u003eto acceptance and dramatization in \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study will be of great interest to scholars and students of theater, English literature, history, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254487535960,"sku":"9780367237127","price":167.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367237127.jpg?v=1768546846","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/venus-s-palace","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}