"Ekphrasis"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1930/
Author:
	Altman, Joel.
Type:
	Book Chapter
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	Turner, Early Modern Theatricality, 270–90.
:
	Turner, Early Modern Theatricality
Annotation:
	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."
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Turner, Henry S.
Tags:
	Hamlet, King Lear, Language, Linguistics, Philology, Rhetoric
WSB Update:
	Spring 2015
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc1930