{"product_id":"shakespeares-spiral-tracing-the-snail-in-king-lear-and-renaissance-painting-paperback","title":"Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting - Paperback","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\u003eFrançois-Xavier P. Gleyzon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Spiral\u003c\/i\u003e aims to explore a figure forgotten in the dramatic texts of Shakespeare and in Renaissance painting: the snail. Taking as its point of departure the emergence of the gastropod object\/subject in the text of \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e as well as its iconic interface in Giovanni Bellini's painting \u003ci\u003eAllegory of Falsehood\u003c\/i\u003e (circa 1490), this study sets out to follow the particular path traced by the snail throughout the oeuvre. From the central scene in which the metaphor of the snail and of its shell is specifically made manifest when Lear discovers, in a raging storm, the spectacle of Edgar disguised as Poor Tom coming out of his shelter (III.3.6-9) to the monster, \u003ci\u003ethis fiend, \u003c\/i\u003e displaying on the cliffs of Dover, \"horms whelked and waved like the enridgèd sea\" (IV.6.71), this work is the trace of a narrative - of a journey of the gaze - during the course of which the cryptic question of the gastropod - \"Why a Snail [...]?\" (I.5.26) - does not cease to be developed and transformed. Incorporating a wide-ranging post-structuralist critique, the study aims to bring to light the particular functions of this \"revealing detail\" in both its textual and visual dimension so as to put forward a new and innovatory understanding of the tragedy of \u003ci\u003eKing Lear.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançois-Xavier Gleyzon\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at the American University of Beirut. His publications include \"Christine Buci-Glucksmann: Shakespeare and the Archaeology of Shadows,\" along with articles on English Renaissance literature in relation to visual arts. His current research focuses on Shakespeare, religion, and terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464458092797,"sku":"9780761841371","price":129.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/rJg7eQ1LJB9780761841371.webp?v=1777261316","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/shakespeares-spiral-tracing-the-snail-in-king-lear-and-renaissance-painting-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}