The world's a stage : Shakespeare and the dramatic view of life / Robert Crosman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crosman, Robert, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Performing arts.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Technique.

Performing arts in literature.

Theater in literature.

Acting in literature.

Play within a play.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bethesda : Academica Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After discussing the structuralism, post structuralism, Marxist, queer and feminist theories of dramatic action and dramaturgical development, the author posits an ontological (and refreshing)vision of Shakesprean stagecraft and dramatic movement. Skakespeare as an actor and Roman Catholic is an outsider in an early modern Protestant state in the process of dynamic cultural, economic reform and political repression. These themes are reflected in the unsettled, morally ambiguous characterizations that Professor Crosman studies: Hamlet, Polonius, McBeth, Henry V and Falstaff among others. Also discussed are the emergent Latin, Greek and Italian literary modes and their effect on English theatrical prosody.

Contents:

Shakespeare and the dramatic view of life

The world as stage in The taming of the shrew

What is the dream in A midsummer night's dream?

'I shall henceforth be myself' : Henry V, king of players or royal hypocrite?

Rosalind as player-playwright in As you like it

Tonight we improvise : Hamlet and the limits of playing

If I ruled the world : Duke Vincentio plays God in Measure for measure

Shakespeare's goodbye to the stage : The tempest and its afterlife

Shakespeare's final ambiguity : the world is and is not a stage.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

191950019