Consuming the Royal Body: Stillness, Scopophilia, and Aura in Lear and Macbeth on Screen
(2021)
Journal Article
Kirwan, P. (2021). Consuming the Royal Body: Stillness, Scopophilia, and Aura in Lear and Macbeth on Screen. Shakespeare Bulletin, 39(1), 39-55. https://doi.org/10.1353/shb.2021.0011
Drawing on Hilary Mantel's evocation of the frozen body of the monarch as an object to be gazed upon and consumed, this article revisits three cinematic Shakespearean films in order to demonstrate the ways in which kings are made abject. By applying... Read More about Consuming the Royal Body: Stillness, Scopophilia, and Aura in Lear and Macbeth on Screen.