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Description for Shakespeare
Hardback. This book is new in the way it tackles the problem of imagining performances of Shakespeare as you read his plays. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
This book helps the reader make sense of the most commonly studied writer in the world. It starts with a brief explanation of how Shakespeare's writings have come down to us as a series of scripts for actors in the early modern theatre industry of London. The main chapters of the book approach the texts through a series of questions: 'what's changed since Shakespeare's time?', 'to what uses has Shakespeare been put?', and 'what value is there in Shakespeare?' These questions go to the heart of why we study Shakespeare at all, which question the book encourages the readers ... Read more
This book helps the reader make sense of the most commonly studied writer in the world. It starts with a brief explanation of how Shakespeare's writings have come down to us as a series of scripts for actors in the early modern theatre industry of London. The main chapters of the book approach the texts through a series of questions: 'what's changed since Shakespeare's time?', 'to what uses has Shakespeare been put?', and 'what value is there in Shakespeare?' These questions go to the heart of why we study Shakespeare at all, which question the book encourages the readers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748623716
SKU
V9780748623716
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Ref
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About Gabriel Egan
Gabriel Egan is Lecturer in English in the Department of English and Drama at Loughborough University.
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