Doing Shakespeare / Simon Palfrey

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palfrey, Simon, author.

Series:

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:

1 online resource (xv, 355 pages)

Edition:

Second edition

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2011

Summary:

"A thoroughly revised edition of the successful student text Doing Shakespeare, first published in 2005. The book's success lies in the close readings of speeches and scenes it gives students, demystifying the language of the plays and critical approaches to them. This new edition introduces a new way of approaching Shakespeare's text, through ideas of performance and the actor's role and restructures the content to make it easier to navigate, with clear signposting throughout, guiding students to the content most useful to them. Simon Palfrey takes a direct approach to the common difficulties faced by students ""doing"" Shakespeare and tackles them head-on in a no-nonsense style, making the book especially accessible. He brings us much closer to the animate life of the plays, as things that are not finished monuments but living material, in process and up for grabs, empowering students to see opportunities for their own creative or re-creative readings of Shakespeare"-- Drama Online

Contents:

Difficulty

Excess

Shakespeare’s puns

Performance cues

The line

Prose, verse, rhyme

A character?

The soliloquy

Disguise and doubles

Elusive subjects

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version: Palfrey, Simon Doing Shakespeare

ISBN:

9781408139141

1408139146

9781408160466

1408160463

9781408139158

1408139154

9781283194617

1283194619

OCLC:

750174266

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license