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Shakespeare on page & stage : selected essays /
This volume presents a winning selection of the very best essays from the long and distinguished career of Stanley Wells, one of the most well-known and respected Shakespeare scholars in the world. Its chapters are divided into themed sections, on Shakespearian influences, particular works, theatre,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Shakespeare on Page & Stage; Copyright; EDITORIAL PREFACE; CONTENTS; Introduction; Part I: SHAKESPEARIAN INFLUENCES; 1: Shakespeare: Man of the European Renaissance; 2: Tales from Shakespeare; Editions cited; (a) Charles and Mary Lamb; (b) Other authors; Part II: ESSAYS ON PARTICULAR WORKS; 3: The Failure of The Two Gentlemen of Verona; 4: The Taming of the Shrew and King Lear: A Structural Comparison; 5: The Integration of Violent Action in Titus Andronicus; 6: The Challenges of Romeo and Juliet; 7: Juliet's Nurse: The Uses of Inconsequentiality; 8: The Lamentable Tale of Richard II.
- 9: A Midsummer Night's Dream Revisited10: Translations in A Midsummer Night's Dream; 11: The Once and Future King Lear; 12: Problems of Stagecraft in The Tempest; The opening scene; Text versus spectacle?; The ship as microcosm; Problems of narrative and character; Dramatizing moral contrasts; The love-test and betrothal; Masque as medium-and as message; Crisis, calculation-and renunciation; 13: 'My Name is Will': Shakespeare's Sonnets and Autobiography; 14: Shakespeare Without Sources; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; 15: Shakespeare and Romance; Part III: SHAKESPEARE IN THE THEATRE.
- 16: Boys Should be Girls: Shakespeare's Female Roles and the Boy PlayersThe question of the 'adult' women; The scant surviving evidence; The late plays; The case of the Dream; A conclusion; 17: Staging Shakespeare's Ghosts; 18: Staging Shakespeare's Apparitionsand Dream Visions; Introduction; 19: Shakespeare in Planché's Extravaganzas; I; II; III; IV; 20: Shakespeare in Max Beerbohm's Theatre Criticism; 21: Shakespeare in Leigh Hunt's Theatre Criticism; 22: Shakespeare in Hazlitt's Theatre Criticism; 23: Peter Hall's Coriolanus, ; Part IV: SHAKESPEARE'S TEXT; 24: On Being a General Editor.
- 6. The Challenges of Romeo and Juliet7. Juliet's Nurse: The Uses of Inconsequentiality; 8. The Lamentable Tale of Richard II; 9. A Midsummer Night's Dream Revisited; 10. Translations in A Midsummer Night's Dream; 11. The Once and Future King Lear; 12. Problems of Stagecraft in The Tempest; 13. My Name is Will': Shakespeare's Sonnets and Autobiography; 14. Shakespeare Without Sources; 15. Shakespeare and Romance; 16. Boys Should be Girls: Shakespeare's Female Roles and the Boy Players; 17. Staging Shakespeare's Ghosts; 18. Staging Shakespeare's Apparitions and Dream Visions.