Research Catalog

Title

Doing Shakespeare / Simon Palfrey.

Author

Palfrey, Simon

Publication

London : Arden Shakespeare ; Methuen Drama, 2011.

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Details

Description

xv, 355 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

"A thoroughly revised edition of the successful student text Doing Shakespeare, first published in 2005. The book's success lies in the close readings it gives students, demystifying the language of the plays and critical approaches to it. The new edition introduces a new way of approaching Shakespeare's text, through ideas of performance and the actor's role and restructures the content to make it easier to navigate. Simon Palfrey takes a direct approach to the common difficulties faced by students 'doing' Shakespeare and tackles them head on in a no-nonsense style which makes the book especially accessible. He bring us much closer to the animate life of the plays, as things that are not finished monuments but living material, in process and up for grabs, empowering students to see opportunities for their own creative or re-creative readings of Shakespeare."--Publisher description.

Subject

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Shakespeare's difficulty and excessiveness. Difficulty ; Excess ; Shakespeare's puns -- Words as action. Performance cues ; The line ; Prose, verse, rhyme -- Making characters. A character? -- In search of the individual. The soliloquy ; Disguise and doubles ; Elusive subjects.

ISBN

• 1408132141
• 9781408132142

OCLC

• 700033576
• SCSB-12057761

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library