When the Theater Turns to Itself: The Aesthetic Metaphor in ShakespeareA metadramatic study of nine of Shakespeare's plays, focusing on aesthetic metaphors created by the union of the playwright, actor-character, and audience. |
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... less than her playwright . Properly done , the role of Shakespeare's Cleopatra represents the epitome of mature , amoral sexual love . Surely it dwarfs the portrait in the film version of the Cleopatra story starring Claudette Colbert ...
... less than her playwright . Properly done , the role of Shakespeare's Cleopatra represents the epitome of mature , amoral sexual love . Surely it dwarfs the portrait in the film version of the Cleopatra story starring Claudette Colbert ...
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... less important is the other side , the audience . The plays are full of metaphors based on eyes and ears , on seeing and hearing , the two senses most engaged in performance . We thus become part of the larger aesthetic metaphor , and ...
... less important is the other side , the audience . The plays are full of metaphors based on eyes and ears , on seeing and hearing , the two senses most engaged in performance . We thus become part of the larger aesthetic metaphor , and ...
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