Shakespeare's Imagery and What it Tells Us [Paperback]

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 Spurgeon's pioneering 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.Caroline Spurgeon's pioneering 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.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; 15l�