The Merchant of Venice - Couverture souple

Lippman, Laura

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0671006371 ISBN 13 : 9780671006372

Editeur : Prentice-Hall, 1986

Synopsis

Book by Shakespeare William

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The stage for which Shakespeare wrote used costume and other accessories merely to suggest, not to illustrate, the ideas of the playwright. To the audience of Shakespeare sday, the human passions which form the groundwork of a fictitious plot were abstract conceptions; actors and action were of interest only so far as they assisted the dramatist in presenting these conceptions vividly. The modern mind has outgrown this childlike faculty of appreciating a story merely as a story. Fiction must now be presented as history, and the characters introduced must be real men and women moving amid appropriate surroundings. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE will have no interest in the class-room, unless a real Venice, with its concourse of merchants, magnificoes, and Jews, exist in the mind of the pupil. It is to aid the teacher and student in forming such a mental picture that the notes on costume and stage accessories found in this text are designed. The usual authorities on mediaeval costume have been followed without regard to theatrical usage. The modern stage in presenting Shakespeare has difficulties to surmount and purposes of its own to serve which do not concern the reader of the plays.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prentice-Hall
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0671006371
• ISBN 13: 9780671006372
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 100
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible