Shakespeare's Greek drama secret / by Myron Stagman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stagman, Myron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Greek drama.

Greek drama.

English drama--Greek influences.

English drama.

Comparative literature--English and Greek.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--Greek and English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To begin with, Shakespeare had a complete grammar school education, and Euripides, Sophocles and Aristophanes were assigned reading!! This book presents voluminous, striking, unmediated textual correspondences between the Greek and Shakespearean plays,

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION I; INTRODUCTION II; PART ONE; INTRODUCTION TO GREEK DRAMA; AESCHYLUS; SOPHOCLES; EURIPIDES; ARISTOPHANES; CONCLUSION; PART TWO; SHAKESPEARE AND THE CLASSICAL MILIEU OF THE RENAISSANCE; SHAKESPEARE'S FORMAL EDUCATION; TRANSLATIONS OF GREEK DRAMA; SHAKESPEARE'S MODUS OPERANDI AS A PLAYWRIGHT; PLUTARCH; THE GREEK MOVEMENT AND THE COURT; BEN JONSON; PLAUSIBLE INTERMEDIARIES?; CONCLUSION; PART THREE; SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY; SHAKESPEAREAN HISTORY; SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDY; PART FOUR; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-77692-4

9786612776922

1-4438-2466-6

OCLC:

828869790