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Author:
Wilson, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Robert), 1982- author.
Title:
Richard III's bodies from medieval England to modernity : Shakespeare and disability history / Jeffrey R. Wilson.
Publisher:
Temple University Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
x, 255 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Subject:
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--King Richard III.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Richard III.--Richard III.
Richard--III,--King of England,--1452-1485.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.
King Richard III (Shakespeare, William)
Disabilities in the theater.
Abnormalities, Human, in literature.
Stigma (Social psychology) in literature.
Sociology of disability--History.
History.
Abnormalities, Human, in literature.
Disabilities in the theater.
Sociology of disability.
Stigma (Social psychology) in literature.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Stigmatizing Richard III's Disability up to Shakespeare: The Figural Paradigm -- The Models of Stigma in Shakespeare's First Tetralogy: Spirituality, Psychology, Sociology -- The Reality of Physiognomy in Richard III -- The Unnatural Age of Margaret: Antiquating the Spiritual Model of Stigma in Richard III -- Richard III's Disability After Shakespeare: Discovering the Causal Paradigm -- Richard III's Disability in Modern Performance: The Changing Bodies of Character and Actor -- The Anthropology of Audience: Historical Presentism in Shakespeare Studies.
Summary:
"Shakespeare scholar Jeffrey R. Wilson offers compelling insights into the persisting fascination across centuries and generations with Richard III the person, the character, and the myth through an examination of the shifting conceptualizations and depictions of Richard III's deformity and disability over time"-- Provided by publisher
ISBN:
1439922675
9781439922675
1439922667
9781439922668
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1320819876
LCCN:
2022006747
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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