Shakespeare Studies, vol. 42
Title | Shakespeare Studies, vol. 42 PDF eBook |
Author | James R. Siemon |
Publisher | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2014-09-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0838644740 |
An annual volume containing essays and studies by critics and cultural historians from around the world. Also includes two review articles and thirteen books reviews.
Shakespeare Survey: Volume 42, Shakespeare and the Elizabethans
Title | Shakespeare Survey: Volume 42, Shakespeare and the Elizabethans PDF eBook |
Author | Stanley Wells |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1990-01-26 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of the previous year's textual and critical studies and of major British performances. The books are illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs. The current editor of Survey is Peter Holland. The first eighteen volumes were edited by Allardyce Nicoll, numbers 19-33 by Kenneth Muir and numbers 34-52 by Stanley Wells. The virtues of accessible scholarship and a keen interest in performance, from Shakespeare's time to our own, have characterised the journal from the start. For the first time, numbers 1-50 are being reissued in paperback, available separately and as a set.
Shakespeare Survey
Title | Shakespeare Survey PDF eBook |
Author | Stanley Wells |
Publisher | |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780521523950 |
Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's English History Plays
Title | Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's English History Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Ellinghausen |
Publisher | Modern Language Association |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2017-06-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1603293019 |
Shakespeare's history plays make up nearly a third of his corpus and feature iconic characters like Falstaff, the young Prince Hal, and Richard III--as well as unforgettable scenes like the storming of Harfleur. But these plays also present challenges for teachers, who need to help students understand shifting dynastic feuds, manifold concepts of political power, and early modern ideas of the body politic, kingship, and nationhood. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," introduces instructors to the many editions of the plays, the wealth of contextual and critical writings available, and other resources. Part 2, "Approaches," contains essays on topics as various as masculinity and gender, using the plays in the composition classroom, and teaching the plays through Shakespeare's own sources, film, television, and the Web. The essays help instructors teach works that are poetically and emotionally rich as well as fascinating in how they depict Shakespeare's vision of his nation's past and present.
Reading Richard III and the Tower of London
Title | Reading Richard III and the Tower of London PDF eBook |
Author | Kristen Deiter |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2024-08-29 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1040113478 |
This is the first book on Richard III and the Tower of London, shedding new light on the King’s reputation, the Castle’s lore, and early modern literature’s role in building associations between them. It is also one of the first books to integrate conceptual blending theory and spatial literary studies, empowering scholars and students to analyze literature and locations in new ways. This book fills gaps in the existing knowledge about both Richard III and the Tower of London. Neither literary nor historical scholarship has treated the process through which Richard III and the Tower became associated in the cultural and historical imagination and how such representations have shaped the King’s reputation and the Castle’s lore. This study analyzes this process while offering new understandings of Richard III as a literary character in prose, drama, and poetry and extending knowledge about the Tower as an iconic literary and cultural symbol.
Of Levinas and Shakespeare
Title | Of Levinas and Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Moshe Gold |
Publisher | Purdue University Press |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2018-03-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1612495427 |
Scholars have used Levinas as a lens through which to view many authors and texts, fields of endeavor, and works of art. Yet no book-length work or dedicated volume has brought this thoughtful lens to bear in a sustained discussion of the works of Shakespeare. It should not surprise anyone that Levinas identified his own thinking as Shakespearean. "The play's the thing" for both, or put differently, the observation of intersubjectivity is. What may surprise and indeed delight all learned readers is to consider what we might yet gain from considering each in light of the other. Comprising leading scholars in philosophy and literature, Of Levinas and Shakespeare: "To See Another Thus" is the first book-length work to treat both great thinkers. Lear, Hamlet, and Macbeth dominate the discussion; however, essays also address Cymbeline, The Merchant of Venice, and even poetry, such as Venus and Adonis. Volume editors planned and contributors deliver a thorough treatment from multiple perspectives, yet none intends this volume to be the last word on the subject; rather, they would have it be a provocation to further discussion, an enticement for richer enjoyment, and an invitation for deeper contemplation of Levinas and Shakespeare.
The Shakespeare Play as Poem
Title | The Shakespeare Play as Poem PDF eBook |
Author | S. Viswanathan |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1980-11-20 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0521225477 |
A balanced critique of the reading of Shakespeare's plays as dramatic poems.