The Sound of Shakespeare reveals the surprising extent to which Shakespearesart is informed by the various attitudes beliefs practices and discoursesthat pertai... » 

The Sound of Shakespeare reveals the surprising extent to which Shakespearesart is informed by the various attitudes beliefs practices and discoursesthat pertained to sound and hearing in his culture.In this engaging study Wes Folkerth develops listening as a critical practiceattending to the ways in which Shakespeares plays express their authorsawareness of early modern associations between sound and particular forms ofethical and aesthetic experience. Through readings of the acousticrepresentation of deep subjectivity in Richard III of the public ear inAntony and Cleopatra the receptive ear in Coriolanus the grotesque ear in AMidsummer Nights Dream the greedy ear in Othello and the willing ear inMeasure for Measure Folkerth demonstrates that by listening to Shakespearehimself listening we derive a fuller understanding of why his works continueto resonate so strongly with is today. «