Meaning by Shakespeare /
We traditionally assume that the `meaning' of each of Shakespeares plays is bequeathed to it by the Bard. It is as if, to the information which used to be given in theatrical programmes, `Cigarettes by Abdullah, Costumes by Motley, Music by Mendelssohn', we should add `Meaning by Shakespea...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
1992.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | We traditionally assume that the `meaning' of each of Shakespeares plays is bequeathed to it by the Bard. It is as if, to the information which used to be given in theatrical programmes, `Cigarettes by Abdullah, Costumes by Motley, Music by Mendelssohn', we should add `Meaning by Shakespeare'. These essays rest on a different, almost opposite, principle. Developing the arguments of the same author's That Shakespearean Rag (1986), they put the case that Shakespeare's plays have no essential meanings, but function as resources which we use to generate meaning. A Midsummer Night' |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 173 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index. |
ISBN: | 0203359534 9780203359532 9780415074506 0415074509 6610057044 9786610057047 1138466972 9781138466975 1134905009 9781134905003 1280057041 9781280057045 |