This is Shakespeare / Emma Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine), author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

349 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First United States edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2019]

Summary:

"An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard's inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicality. A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality, and literary mastery. A man who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant. Now, Emma Smith--an intellectually, theatrically, and ethically exciting writer--takes us into a world of politicking and copycatting, as we watch Shakespeare emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cutthroat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval, and technological change. Smith writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity, and sex, and the Shakespeare she reveals in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The taming of the shrew

Richard III

The comedy of errors

Richard II

Romeo and Juliet

A midsummer night's dream

The merchant of Venice

1 Henry IV

Much ado about nothing

Julius Caesar

Hamlet

Twelfth night

Measure for measure

Othello

King Lear

Macbeth

Antony and Cleopatra

Coriolanus

The winter's tale

The tempest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine). This is Shakespeare.

ISBN:

9781524748548

1524748544

OCLC:

1110154209

Publisher Number:

99984106865