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Sensory Experience and the Metropolis on the Jacobean Stage (1603�1625)
By Hristomir A. Stanev
Copyright 2014
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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At the turn of the seventeenth century, Hristomir Stanev argues, ideas about the senses became part of a dramatic and literary tradition in England, concerned with the impact of metropolitan culture. Drawing upon an archive of early modern dramatic and prose writings, and on recent interdisciplinary studies of sensory perception, Stanev here investigates representations of the five senses in... Read more
Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Enter the Sensory Metropolis; Chapter 2 The City and Its Theaters: A Jacobean Sensory Perspective; Chapter 3 Brothel Gustatory Competence, Suburban Bulk, and the City Devoured in; Bartholomew Fair; and; The Honest Whore; , Part One; Chapter 4 “Is’t not a strange savour?”: Urban Built Environment and the Odors of Restraint in; The Puritan; and; Westward Ho; Chapter 5 Visible Madness and the Invisible Discernment of Charity in; The Honest Whore; , Part One and; The Pilgrim; Chapter 6 Invasive City Noise, Alienating Talk, and the Troubles of Hearing in; Bartholomew Fair; and; Epicene; Chapter 7 “A Plague’s the Purge to Cleanse a City”: Harmful Touch, Rotten Breath, and Infectious Urban Strife in; Coriolanus; and; Timon of Athens; Epilogue;
Biography
Hristomir A. Stanev is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Louisville, USA.
'Erudite, yet accessible, this book is a pleasure to read. Stanev’s account of the sensory worlds of early seventeenth-century London, especially its built environments, offers rich insights about the role of the senses in shaping urban experience. Its sharp and incisive engagement with both sensory studies and urban studies will undoubtedly shape future research in both fields.' Holly Dugan, The George Washington University, USA
