Research Catalog

Title

Myriad-minded Shakespeare : essays on the tragedies, problem comedies, and Shakespeare the man / E.A.J. Honigmann.

Author

Honigmann, E. A. J.

Publication

Basingstoke : Macmillan ; New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

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Details

Description

xii, 253 p.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Tragicomedies
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation
• Tragicomedy
• Tragedy

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-245) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Myriad-minded Shakespeare and the modern reader -- 1. In search of William Shakespeare: the public and the private man -- 2. Politics, rhetoric and will-power in Julius Caesar -- 3. The politics in Hamlet and 'the world of the play' -- 4. Trends in the discussion of Shakespeare's characters: Othello -- 5. The uniqueness of King Lear: genre and production problems -- 6. Past, present and future in Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra -- 7. Shakespeare suppressed: the unfortunate history of Troilus and Cressida -- 8. All's Well That Ends Well: a 'feminist' play? -- 9. Shakespeare's mingled yarn and Measure for Measure -- 10. On not trusting Shakespeare's stage-directions -- 11. Shakespeare at work: preparing, writing, rewriting -- 12. Shakespeare on his deathbed: the last will and testament.

ISBN

• 0333720644 (Macmillan)
• 0312177534 (St. Martin's)

LCCN

^^^97026827^

OCLC

• 40397892
• SCSB-12693019

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library