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Genre/Form: | Einführung Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Palfrey, Simon. Doing Shakespeare. London : Arden Shakespeare, 2005 (OCoLC)609117900 |
Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Simon Palfrey |
ISBN: | 1904271545 9781904271543 |
OCLC Number: | 56656913 |
Description: | xiv, 300 pages ; 20 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Part 1: Words. Why all of these metaphors? -- Why use two words when one might do? -- Why the repetition? -- Why the high style? -- Why rhyme? -- What difference does prose make? -- Why all of these puns? -- Part 2: Characters. What are these speaking things? -- Where is a character? -- Is direct self-expression possible? The soliloquy -- Did they do it? Sex and heroines -- In search of Shakespeare's characters: Iago and Hamlet. |
Responsibility: | Simon Palfrey. |
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Abstract:
Offers a fresh insight into the difficulties and excesses of Shakespeare's drama and language. This work shows how recovering the layered energies within and between Shakespeare's words, and the role of such dense language in constructing character, is indispensable if we are to rediscover the plays' ethical, political and emotional punch.
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'an exceptional book for the older student (and teacher) to have beside them as a reference and resource for new students.' www.inkpellet.co.uk
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