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TY  - CHAP
T2  - Turner, Early Modern Theatricality
SP  - 270-90
ID  - bbbc1930
T1  - "Ekphrasis"
AU  - Altman, Joel
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013
LA  - English
AB  - Explores ekphrasis in Hamlet and King Lear. Contends that key ekphrastic moments (Gertrude's description of Ophelia's death, Hamlet's description of his father and uncle's portraits, and Edgar's description of the cliffs of Dover) function as creations of the character's minds rather than literal descriptions. Briefly addresses how lyrical ekphrasis returns women to life in Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline, and Winter's Tale, suggesting that these offer "psychological release from solipsism and physical release from mortification . . . even as . . . it honours the new theatrical form fashioned for the royal Stuarts."
ER  -