Reading Shakespeare's mind / Steve Sohmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sohmer, Steve, author.

Contributor:

Manchester University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Psychology.

Psychology.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Friends and associates.

Friends and associates.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white); digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"This book shows that William Shakespeare was a more personal writer than any of his innumerable commentators have realised. It asserts that numerous characters and events were drawn from the author's life, and puts faces to the names of Jaques, Touchstone, Feste, Jessica, the 'Dark Lady' and others. Steven Sohmer explores aspects of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets that have been hitherto overlooked or misinterpreted in an effort to better understand the man and his work. If you've ever wondered who Pigrogromitus was, or why Jaques spies on Touchstone and Audrey - or what the famous riddle <i>M.O.A.I. </i>stands for - this is the book for you." -- Back cover.

Contents:

Preface: Impersonal Shakespeare

part I: Shakespeare, lovers and friends

1. Joining the mice-eyed decipherers

2. Marlowe's ghost in <i>As You Like It</i>

3. The dark lady of <i>The Merchant of Venice</i>

part II: Queen Elizabeth's <i>Twelfth Night</i>

4. <i>Twelfth Night</i> on Twelfth Night

5. Shakespeare's <i>Twelfth Night</i> wordplay

6. Shakespeare and Paul in Illyria

7. Nashe and Harvey in Illyria

8. M.O.A.I. deciphered at last

9. Beginning at the beginning

10. Tributes private and public

Epilogue: Personal Shakespeare

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print format: 2017.

Made available via: manchesterhive.

MUP 2020 titles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Description based on print record.

Other Format:

Print version: Sohmer, Steve. Reading Shakespeare's mind,

ISBN:

9781526137104

Publisher Number:

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