Shakespeare's Artists

B. J. Sokol is a Professor Emeritus of English Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter One. Painters and Sculptors in Shakespeare’s PoemsChapter Two. Painters and Sculptors in Shakespearian PlaysChapter Three. Poets in Shakespeare’s PlaysChapter Four. Poets in Shakespeare’s PoemsChapter Five. Shakespeare’s Musicians: MimeticChapter Six. Shakespeare’s Mythical MusiciansAfterwordBibliographyIndex

An enthralling peek at the lives and cultures of the named (or near-named) artists in Shakespeare…For those who took for granted a bleak English Renaissance art scene, his world of three-man songs, injurious bagpipes, imprese, paragone, and whited statuary is likely to be a revelation.