{"product_id":"shakespeare-the-bodger-ingenuity-imitation-and-the-arts-of-the-winters-tale-hardcover","title":"Shakespeare the Bodger: Ingenuity, Imitation and the Arts of the Winter's Tale - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel B. Altman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing inspiration from Robert Greene's deathbed attack on Shakespeare as \"an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers,\" \u003cem\u003eThe Bodger\u003c\/em\u003e (Elizabethan variant of \"botcher,\" \"mender,\" \"patcher\") argues that Shakespeare's dramas are compositions of \"shreds and patches\" pieced together by a mind of extraordinary synthetic acuity. Such patches include passages of dialogue that, as described in the sixteenth century, \"lead objects before our eyes\" by means of ekphrasis. The book offers substantial art-historical research into the only visual artist named by Shakespeare, Giulio Romano--who performs an important role in \u003cem\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e as the alleged sculptor of a statue of the dead Queen. Giulio, heir to Raphael's workshop, is known primarily as a painter and architect. My research has revealed that he was also a designer of sculpture. Applying historical and theoretical materials to close readings of several plays, I focus on the most critical issues of \u003cem\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e--King Leontes' sudden fit of jealousy; Shakespeare's introduction of a surrogate playwright in the personification of Time, who refashions the play from tragedy to comedy, assisted by a behind-the-scenes female ghost writer; and the Queen's statue amazingly \"coming to life\" through an interactive declaration of faith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigates Shakespeare's mode of composition and the way contemporary psychology informs dramatic representation through ekphrasis Drawing inspiration from Robert Greene's deathbed attack on Shakespeare as 'an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers' Shakespeare the Bodger argues that Shakespeare's dramas are compositions of 'shreds and patches' pieced together by a mind of extraordinary synthetic acuity. Such patches include passages of dialogue that, as described in the sixteenth century, 'lead objects before our eyes' by means of ekphrasis. This book offers substantial art-historical research into the only visual artist named by Shakespeare, Giulio Romano - who performs an important role in The Winter's Tale. As well as a painter and architect, this study reveals Giulio as a designer of sculpture. Applying historical and theoretical materials to close readings, this study explores critical issues of The Winter's Tale including King Leontes' sudden fit of jealousy; Shakespeare's introduction of a surrogate playwright in the personification of Time and the Queen's statue 'coming to life' through an interactive declaration of faith. Joel B. Altman is Emeritus Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley. His publications include The Improbability of Othello: Rhetorical Anthropology and Shakespearean Selfhood (2010) and The Tudor Play of Mind: Rhetorical Inquiry and The Development of Elizabethan Drama (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel Altman is Emeritus Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley. He has most published many books and articles over the span of his career, his most recent include \u003ci\u003eThe Tudor Play of Mind: Rhetorical Inquiry and The Development of Elizabethan Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978--re-issued 2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe Improbability of Othello: Rhetorical Anthropology and Shakespearean Selfhood\u003c\/i\u003e (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457621672189,"sku":"9781399508414","price":142.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/OGpjbmhWbEh6MjhSM2hxdjlZMCtkZz09.webp?v=1777242458","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/shakespeare-the-bodger-ingenuity-imitation-and-the-arts-of-the-winters-tale-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}