Shakespeare and Space: Theatrical Explorations of the Spatial Paradigm (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies)

This collection offers an overview of the ways in which space has become relevant to the study of Shakespearean drama and theatre. It distinguishes various facets of space, such as structural aspects of dramatic composition, performance space and the evocation of place, linguistic, social and gendered spaces, early modern geographies, and the impact of theatrical mobility on cultural exchange and the material world. These facets of space are exemplified in individual essays. Throughout, the Shakespearean stage is conceived as a topological ‘node’, or interface between different times, places and people – an approach which also invokes Edward Soja’s notion of ‘Thirdspace’ to describe the blend between the real and the imaginary characteristic of Shakespeare’s multifaceted theatrical world. Part Two of the volume emphasises the theatrical mobility of __Hamlet__ – conceptually from an anthropological perspective, and historically in the tragedy’s migrations to Germany, Russia and North America. "Contents"--"Notes on the Contributors"--"List of Abbreviations" -- "List of Figures, Illustrations and Appendix" -- "Chapter 1: Introduction" -- "1 Thinking Spatially in the New Millennium" -- "2 Seven Types of Space" -- "3 This Volume" -- "4 Undiscovered Countries" -- "Acknowledgment" -- "Works Cited" -- "Part I: Shakespearean Spaces" -- "Chapter 2: Shakespeareâ#x80;#x99;s Enclaves" -- "1 A â#x80;#x98;Forestâ#x80;#x99;" -- "1.1 Disorder (1)" -- "1.2 Disorder (2)" -- "1.3 Restitution" -- "2 The Structure" -- "3 A â#x80;#x98;Heathâ#x80;#x99;" -- "3.1 Disorder (1)" -- "3.2 Disorder (2)" -- "3.3 Restitution" -- "4 â#x80;#x98;Madnessâ#x80;#x99;" -- "4.1 Disorder" -- "4.2 Restitution" -- "5 Shakespeareâ#x80;#x99;s Enclaves" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 3: The Theatrical Topology of Tyranny in Richard III" -- "1 The Relational Thirdspace of the Political Stage" -- "2 Entries and Exits in Richardâ#x80;#x99;s Political Theatre" -- "3 Intruding into Richardâ#x80;#x99;s Psychic Realm: â#x80;#x98;Most Inwardâ#x80;#x99;" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 4: Thickets and Beaches: Evoking Place in the Stories of King Lear" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 5: â#x80;#x98;The Lady Shall Say Her Mind Freelyâ#x80;#x99;: Shakespeare and the S/Pace of Blank Verse" -- "1 The â#x80;#x98;Spacious Volubilitieâ#x80;#x99; of â#x80;#x98;Blank Verseâ#x80;#x99;" -- "2 Freedom from the Limit: Blank Verse and the S/Pace of the Infinite" -- "Appendix" -- "â#x80;#x98;Blank Verseâ#x80;#x99;: A Timeline" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 6: Hybrid Spaces in Antony and Cleopatra" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 7: The Sea in Pericles" -- "1 The Cities of the Levant" -- "2 Symbolic Seas" -- "3 Maritime Realism" -- "4 â#x80;#x98;A Watery Empireâ#x80;#x99;" -- "Works Cited" -- "Part II: Migrating Shakespeare, Migrating Hamlet" -- "Chapter 8: Universals in the Bush: The Case of Hamlet" -- "1 Shakespeare Among the Tiv" -- "2 Universalism Versus Relativism" -- "3 Imperialist Shakespeare" -- "4 Globalized Shakespeare." Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-13 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 Shakespeare’s Enclaves....Pages 17-37 The Theatrical Topology of Tyranny in Richard III ....Pages 39-57 Thickets and Beaches: Evoking Place in the Stories of King Lear ....Pages 59-78 ‘The Lady Shall Say Her Mind Freely’: Shakespeare and the S/Pace of Blank Verse....Pages 79-102 Hybrid Spaces in Antony and Cleopatra ....Pages 103-120 The Sea in Pericles ....Pages 121-140 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Universals in the Bush: The Case of Hamlet ....Pages 143-162 The German Hamlet: Ghostly Encounters in the Space of the Stage and the Novel....Pages 163-189 ‘One Cannot Act Hamlet, One Must Be Hamlet’: The Acculturation of Hamlet in Russia....Pages 191-227 Hamlet’s Mobility: The Reception of Shakespeare’s Tragedy in US American and Canadian Narrative Fiction....Pages 229-255 Local Habitations: Hamlet at Helsingør, Juliet at Verona....Pages 257-267 Back Matter....Pages 269-282 Editors, Ina Habermann, Michelle Witen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.