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The Arden introduction to reading Shakespeare / Jeremy Lopez.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2976 .L67 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lopez, Jeremy, author.
- Series:
- Arden Shakespeare (Critical studies)
- The Arden Shakespeare
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 164 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Shakespeare's plays are works of art made out of words. To read the plays closely, that is, to pay careful attention to the multiple, shifting meanings of and relationships between their words, is to gain a deep and lasting appreciation for the complex artistry of their construction and of their effects. In fourteen chapters, the book takes readers on a guided tour through some of the most productive sites in Shakespeare's plays for analysis, providing an introduction to the practice of reading Shakespeare's plays closely, and some examples of the interpretive work that such close reading can enable. Topics of analysis include verbal patterning, dramatic structure, staging and stage directions, soliloquies and character-construction and poetic meter. This is an ideal teaching text for introductory courses on Shakespeare. Offering a wide range of examples from nearly all of Shakespeare's plays, it will give students the analytical tools they need to develop sustained close readings of their own"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The title
- Stage directions
- Scenes
- The whole play
- First words
- The first act
- Act three
- Acts two and four
- The last act
- Last words
- Patterned language
- Characters
- Meter
- Textual variation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lopez, Jeremy, author. Arden introduction to reading Shakespeare
- ISBN:
- 9781472581020
- 1472581024
- 9781472581044
- 1472581040
- OCLC:
- 1048659898
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