Reading Shakespeare
Autor Michael Alexanderen Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 dec 2012
This is an ideal set text for modules on Shakespeare, Jacobean Drama or Renaissance/ Early Modern Literature which may be offered at all levels of an undergraduate Literature degree. In addition it is a helpful resource for students who may be studying Shakespeare’s plays as part of a taught postgraduate degree in Literature.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780230230132
ISBN-10: 023023013X
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: 15 black & white halftones, 2 black & white tables
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:2012
Editura: Macmillan Education UK
Colecția Red Globe Press
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 023023013X
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: 15 black & white halftones, 2 black & white tables
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:2012
Editura: Macmillan Education UK
Colecția Red Globe Press
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Descriere
This
brief
yet
comprehensive
introduction
offers
a
clear
narrative
of
Shakespeare's
writing
career.
The
book
examines
the
texts
of
twenty
widely-studied
plays,
and
the
Sonnets,
illuminating
both
their
original
contexts
and
their
later
reception.
Lucidly
written,
with
no
jargon,
this
is
an
invaluable
overview
of
Shakespeare's
life
and
works.
Cuprins
Preface.-
First
Things.-
Career
in
brief.-
Authorship.-
Play
and
page.-Printed
Books.-
Posthumous
Publication.-
The
Recorded
Life.-
Stratford
and
Family.-
Education.-
Plays.-
Shake-scene.-
What
kind
of
Scene?.-
Immediate
Predecessors.-
First
Plays.-
Language.-
Verse.-
Dramatist.-
Love's
Labour's
Lost.-
Romeo
and
Juliet.-
A
Midsummer
Night's
Dream.-
Histories.-
Richard
II.-
Henry
IV.-
Henry
V.-
Comprehensiveness.-
Versatilty.-
The
Merchant:
Changing
Contexts.-
To
the
Globe.-
Much
Ado
About
Nothing.-
Julius
Caesar.-
As
You
Like
It.-
Twelfth
Night.-
Shake-speare's
Sonnets.-
Horatio's
Question:
Hamlet.-
Taken
to
Extremes.-
Problem
plays.-
Measure
for
Measure.-
Tragedies.-
Othello.-
King
Lear.-
Macbeth.-
Antony
and
Cleopatra.-
Late
Romances.-
The
Winter's
Tale.-
The
Tempest.-
Retrospect.-
His
supposed
point
of
view.-
'Read
him
therefore'.-
Order
of
Composition.-
Chronology
of
Publication.-
Further
Reading.-
Abbreviations
and
References.-
Notes.-
Index.
Notă biografică
MICHAEL
ALEXANDER
is
Emeritus
Professor
of
English
Literature,
University
of
St
Andrews,
UK.
He
is
a
poet
and
translator
and
has
international
experience
of
teaching
English
literature,
both
medieval
and
modern.
He
is
the
author
of
Palgrave's
bestselling A
History
of
English
Literature now
in
its
second
edition
and
his
Penguin
translations
of Beowulf and
other
Old
English
poems
have
sold
a
million
copies.
Caracteristici
- Bestselling
author
ofA
History
of
English
Literature,
who
is
skilled
at
making
difficult
writing
accessible
and
engaging
to
new
readers
- Offers
a
succinct
solution
for
teachers
all
over
the
world
who
are
seeking
to
help
students
engage
with
and
understand
Shakespeare's
major
works
and
sonnets
as
literary
texts
- Steers
clear
of
critical
jargon
and
focuses
on
the
pleasure
of
actuallyreadingShakespeare
–
something
most
students
need
to
learn
to
do
- Features
illustrations
and
sections
on
Order
of
Composition,
Chronology
of
Publication
and
Further
Reading
to
aid
study