{"product_id":"the-play-and-the-thing-a-phenomenology-of-shakespearean-theatre-9781474410861","title":"The Play and the Thing: A Phenomenology of Shakespearean Theatre","description":"Shakespeare's Hamlet insisted that 'the play's the thing'; Edmund Husserl's philosophy advised us to (re)turn our attention 'back to the things themselves!' How might a careful, detailed exploration of the basic 'things' of Shakespearean theatre illuminate his plays in performance? Taking up this question, \u003ci\u003eThe Play and the Thing\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first book-length phenomenological study of Shakespearean stage craft, from the ground up. The book approaches the study of Shakespearean theatre by attending to the ways in which three of those basic things - Bodies, Objects, and Spaces - might appear to perception in the act of performance. As such, it demonstrates how the principal, if at times divergent, strands of phenomenological enquiry can offer insight into those particular things and the theatrical practices they engender(ed). Cutting across both early modern and modern-day performative and textual praxis, \u003ci\u003eThe Play and the Thing\u003c\/i\u003e both explicates and enacts phenomenology as an illuminating approach to Shakespearean theatre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew D. Wagner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474410861","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48348212101257,"sku":"9781474410861","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f7481168-052f-4afc-8876-a8e3ab54a9e5.jpg?v=1789455554","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-play-and-the-thing-a-phenomenology-of-shakespearean-theatre-9781474410861","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}