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Doing Shakespeare / Simon Palfrey.

Title
Doing Shakespeare / Simon Palfrey.
Author
Palfrey, Simon
Publication
London : Arden Shakespeare, 2005.

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Description
xiv, 300 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
"Doing Shakespeare demystifies and clarifies the study of Shakespeare, tackling many of the challenges students and audiences face in understanding his drama and language. It confronts the most basic and commonly asked questions: does Shakespeare matter, does he have anything to say to us; if he has, why does he say it like he does? How does Shakespeare do it - and how are we supposed to 'do' Shakespeare?" "Doing Shakespeare is ideal for anyone new to Shakespeare, or for anyone who wants Shakespeare to be made new again for them."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Study and teaching
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Einführung.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-294) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
1904271545
LCCN
^^2005415204
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library