Shakespeare's cues and prompts : intertextuality and sources / Murray J. Levith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levith, Murray J.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Continuum Shakespeare studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Sources.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Intertextuality.

Local Subjects:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Sources.

Physical Description:

ix, 107 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Shakespeare's cues & prompts

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.

Summary:

Shakespeare, like Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, is a weaver. The playwright spins a web of his explicit and implicit narrative and dramatic sources, historical and cultural prompts, and other multi-faceted intertexts woven into the fabric of his comedies, tragedies and histories. This study highlights some examples of largely unrecognized and sometimes subtle strands of Shakespeare's intertextual tapestries in selected plays. Such intertexts represent mostly conscious and adapted sources that when considered help to contribute fresh understandings of the plays examined.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826495976

0826495974

OCLC:

82672010