Circumstantial Shakespeare

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutson, Lorna, Author.

Series:

Oxford Wells Shakespeare lectures.

Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures Circumstantial Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stories, plots, etc.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters.

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

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Stories, plots, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contrary to the view that Shakespeare was careless with plot details, this book reveals how he actually used circumstance to imply offstage actions, times, and places in terms of the motives and desires of his characters, thus creating coherent dramatic worlds and a sense of the feelings of characters inhabiting them.

Contents:

Introduction

'Quando?' (When?) in Romeo and Juliet

'Imaginary Work': Opportunity in Lucrece and in King Lear

Where and How? Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Maid's Tragedy

'The Innocent Sleepe': Motive in Macbeth.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 9, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-180869-5

OCLC:

921188684