Shakespeare's storms

<p>Winner of the 2016 Shakespeare's Globe Book Award<br><br>The first comprehensive study of Shakespeare's storms. Whether the apocalyptic storm of <i>King Lear </i>or the fleeting thunder imagery of <i>Hamlet</i> or the thunderbolt of <i>Pericles </i>there is an instance of storm in every one of Shakespeare's plays.<br>This book explains the storm effects used in early modern playhouses and how they filter into Shakespeare's dramatic language. With chapters on <i>Julius Caesar</i> <i>King Lear</i> <i>Macbeth</i> <i>Pericles</i> and <i>The Tempest</i> Jones traces the development of the storm over the second half of the playwright's career when Shakespeare took the storm to new extremes. Interspersed are chapters on thunder lightning wind and rain in which Jones reveals Shakespeare's meteorological understanding and offers nuanced readings of his imagery. Throughout <i>Shakespeare's Storms</i> brings theatre history to bear on modern theories of literature and the environment.</p>