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Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting Francois-Xavier P. Gleyzon
Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting
Francois-Xavier P. Gleyzon
This book explores the figure of the snail in Shakespeare and in Renaissance painting. From the emergence of the gastropod object/subject in the text of King Lear and its iconic interface in Giovanni Bellini's painting Allegory of Falsehood, this study follows the path traced by the snail throughout the Ouvre.
300 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 19, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780761841371 |
| Publishers | University Press of America |
| Pages | 300 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 232 × 17 mm · 404 g |
| Language | English |