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Book SynopsisExplains he special effects used to represent storms in the earl modern playhouses, and details how those effects filter into Shakespeare''s dramatic language. With chapters on
Julius Caesar,
King Lear,
Macbeth,
Pericles and
The TempestTrade Review‘Jones is evocative in his attempts to imagine the volume and spectacle of these events in a quieter world, one “without traffic and aircraft noises or cinema or volume controls” in which a natural storm might have been “a touchstone of loudness.”’
Elizabeth Scott-Baumann TLS, March 2016
‘Gwilym Jones’s Shakespeare’s Storms offers an engaging and informative discussion of storms — and all of their constituent parts — and the theatrical presentations of those storms.’
Darlene Farabee, University of South Dakota, Renaissance Quarterly Vol LXIX, No. 3
‘The book is masterfully organised into nine chapters that cover just about every aspect of storms in Shakespeare. Beginning with ‘thunder’ (a fine way to begin a book)’
Simon C. Estok, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Studies in Ecocriticism - February 2017
‘Shakespeare's Storms is a remarkably well-plotted book.’
Edward J. Geisweidt, University of New Haven, Early Theatre 20.1
‘Shakespeare’s Storms’ overall achievement is to prove the relevance of chasing something as seemingly ephemeral as the weather in order to reveal how such meteorological phenomena shape our relationship to the world around us. It is an original and fascinating study that will be of interest to scholars researching ecocriticism, performance history, and early modern drama from a range of thematic and practical approaches.’
Miranda Fay Thomas, Shakespeare’s Globe, London, Symbolism 17
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Thunder
2. Storm and the spectacular: Julius Caesar
3. Lightning
4. King Lear: storm and the event
5. Wind
6. Macbeth: supernatural storms, equivocal earthquakes
7. Rain
8. Pericles: storm and scripture
9. The Tempest: storm and theatrical reality
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
