Shakespeare’s Representation of Weather, Climate and Environment

The Early Modern ‘Fated Sky’

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Av Sophie Chiari, France) Chiari, Sophie (Professor of Early Modern English Literature and the Director of the ‘Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Clermont-Ferrand’, Universite Clermont Auvergne

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The first in-depth exploration of Shakespeare’s representations of climate and the sky　While ecocritical approaches to literary texts receive more and more attention, climate-related issues remain fairly neglected, particularly in the field of Shakespeare studies. This monograph explores the importance of weather and changing skies in early modern England while acknowledging the fact that traditional representations and religious beliefs still fashioned people’s relations to meteorological phenomena. At the same time, a growing number of literati stood against determinism and defended free will, thereby insisting on the ability to act upon celestial forces. Sophie Chiari argues that Shakespeare reconciles the scholarly approaches of his time with popular views rooted in superstition and promotes a sensitive, pragmatic understanding of climatic events. Taking into account the influence of classical thought, each of the book’s seven chapters addresses a different play where sky-related topics are crucial and considers the way climatic phenomena were presented on stage and how they came to shape the production and reception of Shakespeare’s drama.Key FeaturesOffers an all-encompassing approach on early modern climate in ShakespeareRedefines the notion of ‘climate’ as Shakespeare’s contemporaries understood itSuggests new hermeneutic tracks to understand Shakespeare’s major comedies and tragediesProbes environmental issues in Shakespeare’s plays and, in doing so, echoes major concerns of the present time

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Utgivningsdatum2018-12-01
Mått156 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt620 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474442527

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Sophie Chiari is Professor of Early Modern English Literature at Université Clermont Auvergne, France, where she is also the Director of the ‘Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Clermont-Ferrand’, a research institute encompassing the humanities and social sciences. A member of the IHRIM research team, she has edited or coedited various collections of essays including Performances at Court in the Age of Shakespeare (coedited with John Mucciolo, 2019) and The Experience of Disaster in Early Modern English Literature (2022). Her current research focuses on ecocritical issues in Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Her most recent works are Shakespeare’s Representation of Weather, Climate and Environment (2019) and Shakespeare and the Environment. A Dictionary (2022).

IllustrationsAcknowledgementsTextual NoteIntroduction1. ‘We see / The seasons alter’: Climate Change in A Midsummer Night’s Dream2. ‘[T]he fire is grown too hot!’: Romeo and Juliet and the dog days3. ‘Winter and rough weather’: Arden’s sterile climate4. Othello: Shakespeare’s À bout de souffle5. ‘The pelting of [a] pitiless storm’: Thunder and lightning in King Lear6. Clime and Slime in Anthony and Cleopatra7. The I/Eye of the Storm: Prospero’s TempestConclusion: ‘Under heaven’s eye’BibliographyIndex