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Mediatic Shakespeare: The Dynamics of Orality, Script and Print in the Plays and Poems

Mediatic Shakespeare: The Dynamics of Orality, Script and Print in the Plays and Poems

Cavell, Richard

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral SociologyTheater History

ISBN10: 1487565364
ISBN13: 9781487565367
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Sep 23 2025
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.14
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Shakespeare produced his works during a media shift that was unmatched - until our own.


Mediatic Shakespeare by media theorist Richard Cavell examines how Shakespeare's writing engaged with the cultural upheaval of an era shifting rapidly from spoken traditions towards print materials. Cavell argues that print was an active cultural force that was in the process of reshaping Shakespeare's world and work. Nostalgic for oral communality, Shakespeare engaged guardedly with print, producing a media dynamic that resonates throughout his work.

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