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 Bellinis painting Allegory of Falsehood, this study follows the path traced by the snail throughout the Őuvre.
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 Bellinis painting Allegory of Falsehood, this study follows the path traced by the snail throughout the Őuvre.