The Shakespearean inside : a study of the complete soliloquies and solo asides / Marcus Nordlund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nordlund, Marcus, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]

Summary:

The Shakespearean Inside is a study of all soliloquies and solo asides (dubbed 'insides' for short) in Shakespeare's complete plays. The first step in the research process was the creation of the Shakespearean Inside Database (SID), where these speeches were annotated according to variables of genuine literary interest such as act, dramatic subgenre, probable time of composition, dramatic speech acts, selected figures of speech and character attributes such as gender and class. Such comprehensive and detailed data makes it possible to generalize dependably about Shakespeare's authorial habits, and, by extension, to identify situations where the author departs in interesting ways from his habitual practices. The Shakespearean Inside uses these broad patterns and significant exceptions as a backdrop for fresh interpretations of various Shakespeare plays, from early works such as The Taming of the Shrew and The Two Gentlemen of Verona to mature tragedies like Hamlet and late plays like The Tempest and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Direction 15

2 Divergence 61

3 Dialogue 107

4 Distribution 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781474418973

147441897X

OCLC:

967756319