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Emotions and the Shakespearean Stage

Gail Kern Paster

The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London

Gail Kern Paster is director of the Folger Shakespeare Library and editor of Shakespeare Quarterly. She is the author of The Body Embarrassed: Drama and the Disciplines of Shame in Early Modern England. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London 2004 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 2004 Printed in the United States of America 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04
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0-226-64847-8 (cloth)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Paster, Gail Kern. Humoring the body : emotions and the Shakespearean stage / Gail Kern Paster. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-226-64847-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Shakespeare, William, 15641616KnowledgePsychology. 2. Drama Psychological aspects. 3. Mind and body in literature. 4. Body, Human, in literature. 5. Emotions in literature. I. Title. PR3065.P38 2004 822.33dc22 2004003473 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Citations Introduction 1 chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3

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Roasted in Wrath and Fire: The Ecology of the Passions in Hamlet and Othello Love Will Have Heat: Shakespeares Maidens and the Caloric Economy

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Melancholy Cats, Lugged Bears, and Other Passionate Animals: Reading Shakespeares Psychological Materialism across the Species Barrier 135 Belching Quarrels: Male Passions and the Problem of Individuation Epilogue 243 Bibliography Index 261
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chapter 4

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