Shakespeare / Gabriel Egan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egan, Gabriel.

Series:

Edinburgh critical guides to literature.

Edinburgh critical guides to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700.

English literature.

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

Shakespeare, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 themsel

Contents:

COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; PART I: Dramatic Genres; 1. Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado about Nothing; 2. Histories: Richard 2 and Henry 5; 3. Tragedies: Hamlet and Othello; 4. Problem Plays and Romances: All's Well that Ends Well and The Winter's Tale; PART II: Critical Approaches; 5. Authority and Authorship: Measure for Measure; 6. Performance: Macbeth; 7. Identities: The Tempest; 8. Materialism: Timon of Athens; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-273) and index.

ISBN:

9786611224837

9781281224835

1281224839

9781780343549

178034354X

9780748630165

0748630163

OCLC:

476133737