A Study of Shakespeare's Versification - Couverture souple

Bayfield, Matthew Albert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108002536 ISBN 13 : 9781108002530

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Bayfield's analysis of Shakespeare's verse and prose style and the effect of different editions on the sound of Shakespeare.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Reverend Matthew Albert Bayfield (1852–1922) published this study at the end of his life after a long career as classical scholar, editor of Greek tragedies and headmaster of several public schools. He gives an account of the structure and characteristic features of Shakespeare's dramatic verse and argues that it has been fundamentally misunderstood by other scholars. In particular, he analyses the use of contractions or abbreviations found in the Folio and Quartos and continued in the editions of his own time. He weighs up which of the contractions familiar from many editions were actually Shakespeare's, and what that reveals about how Shakespeare might have intended his prose and verse to be spoken. Bayfield's many appendices evaluating the metre of specific lines and his detailed linguistic analysis remain thought-provoking for modern editors and scholars of Shakespeare.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108002536
• ISBN 13: 9781108002530
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 540
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne