02752namaa2200625uu 4500 oapen96032 oapen 20251217011846.0 a||||fo|||||||||0| cr|mn|---annan 250111s2024a||||fo|||||||||0|eng d 9781032726984 9781032726991 9781032727004 10.4324/9781032726991 doi oapen oapen eng dc 5 thema 5P thema 5PX thema D thema DD thema DDA thema DS thema DSG thema Evans, Edward edt Shakespeare's Mirrors Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2024 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge Studies in Shakespeare Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star Clear mirrors and The Geneva Bible revolutionary innovations of the Elizabethan age, inspired Shakespeare's drive towards a new purpose for drama. Shakespeare reversed the conventional mirror metaphor for drama, implying drama cannot reflect the substance of human nature, and developed a method of characterization, through metadrama, self-awareness and soliloquy, to project St. Paul's idea of conscience onto the Elizabethan stage. This revolutionary method of characterization, aesthetic existence beyond performance, has long been sensed but remains frustratingly uncategorized. Shakespeare's Mirrors charts the invention of a drama that staged the unstageable: St. Paul's metaphysical conception of human nature glimpsed through a looking glass darkly. Open licence https://oapen.org/article/rights eng Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema Classic and pre-20th century plays thema Interest qualifiers thema Literary studies: plays and playwrights thema Literature: history and criticism thema Plays, playscripts thema Relating to specific and significant cultural interests thema Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests thema early modern literature hamlet metadrama Shakespeare soliloquy Evans, Edward aut OAPEN Library. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96032 Free-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication 0 36868 36868