The Sound of ShakespeareThe 'Sound of Shakespeare' reveals the surprising extent to which Shakespeare's art is informed by the various attitudes, beliefs, practices and discourses that pertained to sound and hearing in his culture. In this engaging study, Wes Folkerth develops listening as a critical practice, attending to the ways in which Shakespeare's plays express their author's awareness of early modern associations between sound and particular forms of ethical and aesthetic experience. Through readings of the acoustic representation of deep subjectivity in Richard III, of the 'public ear' in Antony and Cleopatra, the receptive ear in Coriolanus, the grotesque ear in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the 'greedy ear' in Othello, and the 'willing ear' in Measure for Measure, Folkerth demonstrates that by listening to Shakespeare himself listening, we derive a fuller understanding of why his works continue to resonate so strongly with is today. |
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... , now known or hereafter invented , including photocopying and recording , or in any information storage or retrieval system , without permission in writing from the publishers . ISBN 978-0-415-25377-2 ( pbk ) Copyright Page.
... , now known or hereafter invented , including photocopying and recording , or in any information storage or retrieval system , without permission in writing from the publishers . ISBN 978-0-415-25377-2 ( pbk ) Copyright Page.
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... Recorded Sound Reference Center at the Library of Congress , and Brien Chitty of The Irving Society all assisted me with the Henry Irving recording . I would also like to thank , for their generous assis- tance and astonishing expertise ...
... Recorded Sound Reference Center at the Library of Congress , and Brien Chitty of The Irving Society all assisted me with the Henry Irving recording . I would also like to thank , for their generous assis- tance and astonishing expertise ...
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... recording of Shakespeare's words . Gouraud , who is Thomas Edison's representative in London , is acquainted with Irving through having recently advised him on the use of electrical effects in his triumphant , exceedingly lucrative ...
... recording of Shakespeare's words . Gouraud , who is Thomas Edison's representative in London , is acquainted with Irving through having recently advised him on the use of electrical effects in his triumphant , exceedingly lucrative ...
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... recording is said to have responded by exclaiming , as so many of us do , ' Is that my voice ? My God ! ' ( Gouraud , quoted in Bebb 1977 : 727 ) . In time Irving's reaction to the phonograph would modulate from a minor to a major key ...
... recording is said to have responded by exclaiming , as so many of us do , ' Is that my voice ? My God ! ' ( Gouraud , quoted in Bebb 1977 : 727 ) . In time Irving's reaction to the phonograph would modulate from a minor to a major key ...
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... recordings , suggests that Irving later came to regard his idiosyncratic vocal mannerisms as an asset , and that his choice of fellow actors at the Lyceum Theatre came to be motivated at least in part by the desire to set his own voice ...
... recordings , suggests that Irving later came to regard his idiosyncratic vocal mannerisms as an asset , and that his choice of fellow actors at the Lyceum Theatre came to be motivated at least in part by the desire to set his own voice ...
Contents
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1 Shakespearience | 12 |
2 The public ear | 34 |
3 Receptivity | 68 |
4 Transformation and continuity | 87 |
5 Shakespearean acoustemologies | 105 |
Notes | 123 |
References | 131 |
Index | 143 |
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