The Cambridge Companion to ShakespeareMargreta de Grazia, Stanley Wells Cambridge University Press, 2001 M04 5 This book offers a comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare, by means of nineteen newly commissioned essays. An international team of prominent scholars provide a broadly cultural approach to the chief literary, performative and historical aspects of Shakespeare's work. They bring the latest scholarship to bear on traditional subjects of Shakespeare study, such as biography, the transmission of the texts, the main dramatic and poetic genres, the stage in Shakespeare's time and the history of criticism and performance. In addition, authors engage with more recently defined topics: gender and sexuality, Shakespeare on film, the presence of foreigners in Shakespeare's England and his impact on other cultures. Helpful reference features include chronologies of the life and works, illustrations, detailed reading lists and a bibliographical essay. |
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... thatthe busy ant, pursuing two separate careers as actor and writer, drove himself hard? 'Weary with toilI haste me to my bed' (Sonnet 27). Greene pickedontheline from 3Henry VI to accusegentle Shakespeare of havinga 'tiger's heart',a ...
... thatthe busy ant, pursuing two separate careers as actor and writer, drove himself hard? 'Weary with toilI haste me to my bed' (Sonnet 27). Greene pickedontheline from 3Henry VI to accusegentle Shakespeare of havinga 'tiger's heart',a ...
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... that the conditions ofthe loan would be crucial, implying that'Mr Wm. Shak.' mightdrivea hard bargain. Likehis father, John, who had lentlargesums(£80, £100) at theillegal rate of 20 per cent, William seems tohave hada sidelineasa ...
... that the conditions ofthe loan would be crucial, implying that'Mr Wm. Shak.' mightdrivea hard bargain. Likehis father, John, who had lentlargesums(£80, £100) at theillegal rate of 20 per cent, William seems tohave hada sidelineasa ...
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... that the few remaining stillcontested details would soon be resolved and absorbed into this larger narrative. Today,instead ofseeing such resolution,oneis hard pressed to find any partofthe story that isnotincontention. Editors and ...
... that the few remaining stillcontested details would soon be resolved and absorbed into this larger narrative. Today,instead ofseeing such resolution,oneis hard pressed to find any partofthe story that isnotincontention. Editors and ...
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... that the quartos were not to be takenseriously as texts and that editorial focus mustbeon the Folio, despite its obviouslyfaulty printinganddespite the playhouse 'Mutilations' of the manuscripts Heminges and Condell hadprovided the ...
... that the quartos were not to be takenseriously as texts and that editorial focus mustbeon the Folio, despite its obviouslyfaulty printinganddespite the playhouse 'Mutilations' of the manuscripts Heminges and Condell hadprovided the ...
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... thatthe editing of printed books must proceed byfirst establishing therelationship among the early printed textsandthat it must recognizethat 'variants'in a reprint of an edition are probablythe resultof printinghouseerror. The ...
... thatthe editing of printed books must proceed byfirst establishing therelationship among the early printed textsandthat it must recognizethat 'variants'in a reprint of an edition are probablythe resultof printinghouseerror. The ...
Contents
LEONARD BARKAN 4 Shakespeare andthecraftof language | |
Shakespeares poems | |
The genresof Shakespearesplays SUSAN SNYDER | |
City and Court | |
Gender and sexualityin Shakespeare | |
Shakespeare and English history DAVID SCOTTKASTAN 12 Shakespeare in the theatre 16601900 | |
Shakespeare on the page and the stage | |
Shakespeare worldwide | |
Shakespeare criticism 16001900 | |
HUGH GRADY 18 Shakespeare criticismin the twentieth century | |
Index | |
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