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Falling in the 'Unequal Contest': Adhesiveness and Surplus Punishment in Shakespeare.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Falling in the 'Unequal Contest': Adhesiveness and Surplus Punishment in Shakespeare./
Author:	Clawson, Scott Alexander.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2023,
Description:	208 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-06, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-06A.
Subject:	Creative writing. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=30954421
ISBN:	9798380870238

Falling in the 'Unequal Contest': Adhesiveness and Surplus Punishment in Shakespeare.
Clawson, Scott Alexander.

Falling in the 'Unequal Contest': Adhesiveness and Surplus Punishment in Shakespeare. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023 - 208 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-06, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Liverpool (United Kingdom), 2023.

This thesis seeks to introduce a new set of terms - 'surplus', 'excess', and 'adhesiveness' - to Shakespearean scholarship, so that we may better understand our own reactions to mistreated or misunderstood characters, and to highlight how the playwright used them to ensure that his plays were remembered long after they had been experienced. By focusing on Shakespeare's comedies and his comedic characters, each chapter will explore how the genre can be used as a vehicle for subverting expectations, by persuading an audience to feel more strongly for a particular character than they would otherwise, through a combination of the attribution of 'humanity' and the subsequent excessive nature of their treatment or punishment when compared to their flaws.Written with an emphasis on utilising the methodology of 'character criticism', I will argue that it is through experiencing Shakespeare that we better understand his characters, and that an emotional reaction, informed by one's own life experiences, is no less valuable than a purely academic one. This argument will be established by exploring the reactions of writers such as Charles Lamb, but also of those who have written prequels, sequels, adaptations, or offshoots since experiencing the plays for themselves. This list includes, but is not limited to, the works of Gabriel Josipovici, Arnold Wesker, Marina Warner, John Fletcher, and Shakespeare himself. In support of that argument, this work will also draw on the historical experiences of mistreated Others, and on the classical concept of an argument or a debate, to demonstrate that varied emotional reactions to certain events are neither new nor invalid.The purpose of this thesis is not only to introduce new terms with which we can think about Shakespeare, but also to rehabilitate, through healthy debate, emotional reactions, and those who had them, back into Shakespearean scholarship, ensuring that the field remains accessible and welcoming for future generations.

ISBN: 9798380870238Subjects--Topical Terms:

593924
Creative writing.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Shakespearean scholarship

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