{"product_id":"mediatic-shakespeare-the-dynamics-of-orality-script-and-print-in-the-plays-and-poems-hardcover","title":"Mediatic Shakespeare: The Dynamics of Orality, Script and Print in the Plays and Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Cavell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShakespeare produced his works during a media shift that was unmatched - until our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMediatic Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e by media theorist Richard Cavell examines how Shakespeare's writing engaged with the cultural upheaval of an era shifting rapidly from spoken traditions towards print materials. Cavell argues that print was an active cultural force that was in the process of reshaping Shakespeare's world and work. Nostalgic for oral communality, Shakespeare engaged guardedly with print, producing a media dynamic that resonates throughout his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on media theorists from Marshall McLuhan to Friedrich Kittler and Bernhard Siegert, Cavell traces Shakespeare's engagement with the effects of a media ecology in which knowing and being were aggressively in flux. \u003cbr\u003eStructured across four chapters, \u003cem\u003eMediatic Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e explores Shakespeare's media ecology, the unsettling interfaces of orality and literacy, the breakdown of the sensus communis, and the implications for his work of the printing involution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Cavell\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia and co-founder of their media studies program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338987044953,"sku":"9781487565367","price":144.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/z1WEFgCkIh9781487565367.webp?v=1779433820","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/mediatic-shakespeare-the-dynamics-of-orality-script-and-print-in-the-plays-and-poems-hardcover","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}