This book deals with the poetics of the human face, the art of physiognomy, and techniques of nonverbal communication in Shakespeare’s plays. It offers new insight into Shakespeare’s modes of characterisation, and his art of performance. In Shakespeare’s plays, the human face is a point of interest. As a space where expression and impression meet (and, ideally, correspond), its reliability and trustworthiness are often put to the test, sparking off a controversy which serves as an important and highly challenging subtext to the whole plot. Professor Baumbach studied at Heidelberg, Cambridge and Munich, and has taught on the universities of Warwick, Giessen, and Stanford. She is now on the University of Innsbruck. Her publications come with “‘Let me behold thy face’– Physiognomik und Gesichtslektueren in Shakespeares Tragoedien” (2007), “An Introduction to the Observe of Plays and Drama” (as co-writer, 2009), and “Literature and Fascination” (2015.
Category: Physiognomy
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