Shakespeare's Imagery and What it Tells Us

This book shows how much light can be thrown on Shakespeare's own mind and thought and on the themes and characters of the plays by a detailed examination of his imagery.

Caroline F. E. Spurgeon (Author)

9780521092586, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 1935

444 pages
20.4 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.52 kg

'The most significant book on Shakespeare published since Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy.' H. B. Charlton, Manchester Guardian

Caroline Spurgeon's pioneer study of the imagery of Shakespeare's plays shows how much light can be thrown on Shakespeare's own mind and thought and on the themes and characters of the plays by a detailed examination of his imagery. At the same time she contrasts Shakespeare with other dramatists of his time, including Marlowe, Bacon, Ben Jonson and Dekker.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I. The Revelation of the Man: 1. The aim and method explained
2. Shakespeare's Imagery compared with that of Marlowe and Bacon
3. Imagery of Shakespeare and other dramatists compared
4. The subject-matter of Shakespeare's images
5. Shakespeare's senses
6. Shakespeare's tastes and interests
7. Shakespeare's tastes and interests (continued)
8. Evidence in the images of Shakespeare's thought
9. Evidence in the image of Shakespeare's thought (continued)
10. Association of ideas
11. Shakespeare the man
Part II. The Function of the Imagery as Background and Under-Tone in Shakespeare's Art: 12. Leading motives in the histories
13. Leading motives in the comedies
14. Leading motives in the romances
15. Leading motives in the tragedies
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Shakespeare studies & criticism [DSGS]