Teaching Shakespeare / Walter Edens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edens, Walter, editor.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 1233

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama in education.

English drama--Study and teaching.

English drama.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here is a rich variety of approaches to teaching Shakespeare, described by authors who are distinguished teachers and scholars. In setting forth their classroom techniques they otter critical insights as well as stimulating ideas for use by other teachers. Their suggestions range from different pairings of plays, provocative questions for discussion, and ways of reading aloud, to projects for class performances and even possibilities for teaching Shakespeare outside the classroom. The contributors share a concern for developing students' interests and skills beyond strict formal analysis.Contributors: Walter F. Eggers, Jr., Robert B. Heilman, John W. Velz, D. Allen Carroll, Norman Rabkin, Winfried Schleiner, A. C. Hamilton, Albert Wertheim, Paul M. Cubeta, David M. Bergeron, Ray L. Heffner, Jr., Brian Vickers, Jay L. Halio, G. Wilson Knight, Bernard Beckerman.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Eggers, Walter F.

I. DESCRIPTIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS

One. Shakespeare in the Classroom: Scientific Object vs. Immediate Experience / Heilman, Robert B.

Two. Shakespeare Inferred / Velz, John W.

Three. The Presentation of Shakespeare / Carroll, D. Allen

II. SHAKESPEARE AND THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM

Four. Shakespeare and the Graduate English Curriculum / Rabkin, Norman

Five. Deromanticizing the Shrew: Notes on Teaching Shakespeare in a "Women in Literature" Course / Schleiner, Winfried

III. THE COURSE IN SHAKESPEARE: GENRE AND CANON

Six. On Teaching the Shakespeare Canon: The Case of Measure for Measure / Hamilton, A. C.

Seven. "Things Climb Upward to What They Were Before": The Reteaching and Regreening of Macbeth / Wertheim, Albert

Eight. Lear's Comic Vision: "Come, Let's Away to Prison" / Cubeta, Paul M.

Nine. Plays within Plays in Shakespeare's Early Comedies / Bergeron, David M.

IV. EXEMPLARY APPROACHES TO PARTICULAR PLAYS

Ten. Hunting for Clues in Much Ado About Nothing / Heffner, Ray L.

Eleven. Teaching Coriolanus: The Importance of Perspective / Vickers, Brian

V. SEEING AND HEARING THE PLAY

Twelve. "This Wide and Universal Stage": Shakespeare's Plays as Plays / Halio, Jay L.

Thirteen. The Teacher as Poetic Actor / Knight, G. Wilson

Fourteen. Some Problems in Teaching Shakespeare's Plays as Works of Drama / Beckerman, Bernard

Annotated Bibliography / McLean, Andrew M.

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 317-333.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

1-4008-6817-3

OCLC:

902958127