| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 282 pages). |
| Series |
Edinburgh critical guides to literature |
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Edinburgh critical guides to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; PART I: Dramatic Genres; 1. Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado about Nothing; 2. Histories: Richard 2 and Henry 5; 3. Tragedies: Hamlet and Othello; 4. Problem Plays and Romances: All's Well that Ends Well and The Winter's Tale; PART II: Critical Approaches; 5. Authority and Authorship: Measure for Measure; 6. Performance: Macbeth; 7. Identities: The Tempest; 8. Materialism: Timon of Athens; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index. |
| Summary |
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 to answer for themsel. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. (OCoLC)fst00029048
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Shakespeare, William.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Egan, Gabriel. Shakespeare. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007 9780748623716 074862371X (OCoLC)141380739 |
| ISBN |
9780748630165 (electronic bk.) |
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0748630163 (electronic bk.) |
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