1st Edition
Shakespeare for Everyone The Emotional Worlds of Shakespeare’s Works
Acknowledgements
About this Book
Navigating Shakespeare
PART I
Chapter 1 Shakespeare’s Worlds
Lucy Potter
Chapter 2 Love and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lucy Potter
Chapter 3 Hate and Othello, the Moor of Venice
Lucy Potter
Chapter 4 Jealousy and The Winter’s Tale
Lucy Potter
Chapter 5 The Manipulation of Emotions and Henry V
Kerrie Le Lievre and Lucy Potter
PART II
Chapter 6 Emotions Then: Understanding Emotions in Shakespeare’s Time
Bríd Phillips
Chapter 7 Emotions Now: The Psychology of Emotion
Matt Dry
Chapter 8 Emotions in Shakespeare’s Sonnets: “Past Reason Hunted”
Aidan Coleman
APPENDIX: Let’s Play! Activities and Discussions
Lucy Potter
Glossary of Key Terms
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Lucy Potter is Associate Professor of English at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
‘This book is quite unlike any I have encountered in over forty years of teaching Shakespeare. Whilst very simply expressed it succeeds in taking the reader beyond mere plot and to a better understanding of Shakespeare’s craft, which can be applied to any of his plays. Language that may seem difficult at first soon becomes understandable. I think it would be an invaluable text for new teachers of Shakespeare, and I can imagine it being devoured by bright Year 12 students. I especially loved Lucy’s comment about playing Shakespeare, climbing into the sandpit. This brilliantly and aptly captured my approach to teaching Shakespeare, making it accessible and enjoyable to all students, not a tedious task to be endured.’
Wendy Dowd, inaugural Australian Shakespeare Teacher of the Year (1998, awarded by the Shakespeare Globe Centre, Australia).
