When the Theater Turns to Itself: The Aesthetic Metaphor in Shakespeare

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Bucknell University Press, 1981 - Drama - 238 pages
A 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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Contents

Preface
9
Acknowledgments
27
Language for the Stage
54
A Midsummer Nights Dream
79
Art Perverted
104
As You Like
121
The Double Edge of Aesthetics
152
Love and the Imagination in Antony and Cleopatra
177
Release from the Theater
192
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