The Cambridge Introduction To Shakespeare
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The Cambridge Introduction To Shakespeare
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Author : Emma Smith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-03-08
The Cambridge Introduction To Shakespeare written by Emma Smith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
This lively and innovative introduction to Shakespeare promotes active engagement with the plays, rather than recycling factual information. Covering a range of texts, it is divided into seven subject-based chapters: Character; Performance; Texts; Language; Structure; Sources and History, and it does not assume any prior knowledge. Instead, it develops ways of thinking and provides the reader with resources for independent research through the 'Where next?' sections at the end of each chapter. The book draws on scholarship without being overwhelmed by it, and unlike other introductory guides to Shakespeare it emphasizes that there is space for new and fresh thinking by students and readers, even on the most-studied and familiar plays.
The Cambridge Introduction To Shakespeare S Comedies
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Author : Penny Gay
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-04-07
The Cambridge Introduction To Shakespeare S Comedies written by Penny Gay and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
Why did theatre audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day? Why do they still laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his plays continue to amuse and move audiences? What do his comedies have to say about love, sex, gender, power, family, community, and class? What place have pain, cruelty, and even death in a comedy? Why all those puns? In a survey that travels from Shakespeare's earliest experiments in farce and courtly love-stories to the great romantic comedies of his middle years and the mould-breaking experiments of his last decade's work, this book addresses these vital questions. Organised thematically, and covering all Shakespeare's comedies from the beginning to the end of his career, it provides readers with a map of the playwright's comic styles, showing how he built on comedic conventions as he further enriched the possibilities of the genre.
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare
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Author : Margreta de Grazia
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-04-05
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare written by Margreta de Grazia and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04-05 with Drama categories.
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.
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare S History Plays
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Author : Michael Hattaway
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-12-05
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare S History Plays written by Michael Hattaway and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-05 with Drama categories.
Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This 2002 volume provides an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's history and Roman plays. It is attentive throughout to the plays as they have been performed over the centuries since they were written. The first part offers accounts of the genre of the history play, of Renaissance historiography, of pageants and masques, and of women's roles, as well as comparisons with history plays in Spain and the Netherlands. Chapters in the second part look at individual plays as well as other Shakespearean texts which are closely related to the histories. The Companion offers a full bibliography, genealogical tables, and a list of principal and recurrent characters. It is a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and theatre-goers alike.
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare On Film
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Author : Russell Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-03-29
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare On Film written by Russell Jackson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
This companion is a collection of critical and historical essays on the films adapted from, and inspired by, Shakespeare's plays. The emphasis is on feature films for cinema with strong coverage Hamlet, Richard III, Macbeth, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet.
The New Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare
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Author : Margreta De Grazia
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-25
The New Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare written by Margreta De Grazia and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-25 with Drama categories.
Twenty-one essays provide lively and authoritative approaches to the literary, historical, cultural and performative aspects of Shakespeare works.
The Cambridge Introduction To Shakespeare S History Plays
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Author : Warren Chernaik
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-10-25
The Cambridge Introduction To Shakespeare S History Plays written by Warren Chernaik and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
An accessible and lively 2007 introduction to Shakespeare's history plays and their tradition on stage and film.
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespearean Comedy
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Author : Alexander Leggatt
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespearean Comedy written by Alexander Leggatt and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Drama categories.
An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies, dark comedies and romances, first published in 2001.
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare And Popular Culture
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Author : Robert Shaughnessy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-06-28
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare And Popular Culture written by Robert Shaughnessy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
This Companion explores the remarkable variety of forms that Shakespeare's life and works have taken over the course of four centuries, ranging from the early modern theatrical marketplace to the age of mass media, and including stage and screen performance, music and the visual arts, the television serial and popular prose fiction. The book asks what happens when Shakespeare is popularized, and when the popular is Shakespeareanized; it queries the factors that determine the definitions of and boundaries between the legitimate and illegitimate, the canonical and the authorized and the subversive, the oppositional, the scandalous and the inane. Leading scholars discuss the ways in which the plays and poems of Shakespeare, as well as Shakespeare himself, have been interpreted and reinvented, adapted and parodied, transposed into other media, and act as a source of inspiration for writers, performers, artists and film-makers worldwide.
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare S Poetry
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Author : Patrick Cheney
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-01-04
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare S Poetry written by Patrick Cheney and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
This Companion provides a full introduction to the poetry of William Shakespeare through discussion of his freestanding narrative poems, the Sonnets, and his plays. Fourteen leading international scholars provide accessible and authoritative chapters on all relevant topics: from Shakespeare's seminal role in the development of English poetry, the wide-ranging practice of his poetic form, and his enigmatic place in print and manuscript culture, to his immersion in English Renaissance politics, religion, classicism, and gender dynamics. With individual chapters on Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Passionate Pilgrim, 'The Phoenix and the Turtle', the Sonnets, and A Lover's Complaint, the Companion also includes chapters on the presence of poetry in the dramatic works, on the relation between poetry and performance, and on the reception and influence of the poems. The volume includes a chronology of Shakespeare's life, a note on reference works, and a reading list for each chapter.