Shakespeare - Couverture souple

Egan, Gabriel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0748623728 ISBN 13 : 9780748623723

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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 the texts through a series of questions: 'what's changed since Shakespeare's time?', 'to what uses has Shakespeare been put?', and 'what value is there in Shakespeare?' These questions go to the heart of why we study Shakespeare at all, which question the book encourages the readers to answer for themselves in relation to their own critical writing. Key Features * A chronology of Shakespeare's career as an actor/dramatist that locates him within the theatre industry of his time * New readings of twelve plays that form a core of the Shakespeare canon: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard 2, Henry 5, Hamlet, Othello, All's Well that Ends Well, The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Tempest, and Timon of Athens * Critical analyses organized by genre (comedies, histories, tragedies, and romance) and by four key critical approaches: authorship, performance, identities, and materialism * An extensive resources section, including a glossary of the important critical terms that are often used in debates about Shakespeare

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gabriel Egan is Lecturer in English in the Department of English & Drama at Loughborough University. He is the Author of "Green Shakespeare" (Routledge, 2005) and "Shakespeare and Marx" (OUP, 2004).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0748623728
• ISBN 13: 9780748623723
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible