{"product_id":"dreams-sleep-and-shakespeares-genres-hardcover","title":"Dreams, Sleep, and Shakespeare's Genres - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaude Fretz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how Shakespeare uses images of dreams and sleep to define his dramatic worlds. Surveying Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies, histories, and late plays, it argues that Shakespeare systematically exploits early modern physiological, religious, and political understandings of dreams and sleep in order to reshape conventions of dramatic genre, and to experiment with dream-inspired plots.\u003cbr\u003eThe book discusses the significance of dreams and sleep in early modern culture, and explores the dramatic opportunities that this offered to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. It also offers new insights into how Shakespeare adapted earlier literary models of dreams and sleep - including those found in classical drama, in medieval dream visions, and in native English dramatic traditions. The book appeals to academics, students, teachers, and practitioners in the fields of literature, drama, and cultural history, as well as to general readers interested in Shakespeare's works and their cultural context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A deft, rigorous and thrilling analysis of dreams and sleep in Shakespeare's drama, informed by a unique interdisciplinary focus. This book is a veritable cabinet of wonders which opens up early modern cultures of dreaming in new and exciting ways. This marvellous study both refreshes and redefines its field.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Laoutaris\u003c\/b\u003e, Lecturer at the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, and author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the Countess: The Battle that Gave Birth to the Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'This thoughtful and well-written book makes especially good use of the dream interpretation books of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and connects Shakespeare's work to much other Renaissance drama. Much of the value of the book is the way the author examines and analyzes the classical influences on Shakespeare's work. Fretz's knowledge of classical literature is remarkable.'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarole Levin\u003c\/b\u003e, Willa Cather Professor of History and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreams, Sleep, and Shakespeare's Genres\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Shakespeare uses images of dreams and sleep to define his dramatic worlds. Surveying Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies, histories, and late plays, it argues that Shakespeare systematically exploits early modern physiological, religious, and political understandings of dreams and sleep in order to reshape conventions of dramatic genre and to experiment with dream-inspired plots.\u003c\/p\u003e The book discusses the significance of dreams and sleep in early modern culture, and explores the dramatic opportunities that this offered to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. It also offers new insights into how Shakespeare adapted earlier literary models of dreams and sleep - including those found in classical drama, in medieval dream visions, and in native English dramatic traditions. The book appeals to academics, students, teachers, and practitioners in the fields of literature, drama, and cultural history, as well as to general readers interested in Shakespeare's works and their cultural context.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaude Fretz is Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast, UK, and Associate Fellow of the research centre 'European Dream-Cultures' at Saarland University, Germany. He obtained his PhD from the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. He has published on Shakespeare, representations of dreams and sleep in early modern literature, and Restoration drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794698731808,"sku":"9783030135188","price":161.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/af696f66472956a4f1eda5c3291f1523.webp?v=1780731324","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dreams-sleep-and-shakespeares-genres-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}