Shakespeare /
This book helps the reader make sense of the most commonly studied writer in the world. It starts with a brief explanation of how Shakespeare's writings have come down to us as a series of scripts for actors in the early modern theatre industry of London. The main chapters of the book approach...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2007]
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780748630165 0748630163 1281224839 9781281224835 178034354X 9781780343549 9786611224837 6611224831 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction; PART I: Dramatic Genres; 1. Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado about Nothing; 2. Histories: Richard 2 and Henry 5; 3. Tragedies: Hamlet and Othello; 4. Problem Plays and Romances: All's Well that Ends Well and The Winter's Tale; PART II: Critical Approaches; 5. Authority and Authorship: Measure for Measure; 6. Performance: Macbeth; 7. Identities: The Tempest; 8. Materialism: Timon of Athens; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index.