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Begging to differ : modes of discrepancy in Shakespeare
- Title
- Begging to differ : modes of discrepancy in Shakespeare / David Thatcher.
- Author
- Thatcher, David S.
- Publication
- New York : P. Lang, ©1999.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 328 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The frequent inconsistencies in Shakespeare's work, particularly in plot and characterization, have long attracted the attention and even ire of his commentators. Based largely on four plays - Hamlet, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale and Henry V - this study is a detailed exploration of some modes of discrepancy as they relate to three specific areas of Shakespeare's dramaturgy: plot and narrative; language and text; and reasoning and proof.
- Professor Thatcher examines the nature and causes of real and apparent inconsistencies and suggests whether or not they may be seen to have artistic or dramatic justification. Begging to Differ includes the first comprehensive treatment of a neglected topic, discrepant quotations within Shakespeare's text.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Shakespeare ; vol. 8
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Shakespeare ; vol. 8.
- Subject
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Technique
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Stories, plots, etc
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William > Dramentechnik
- 1500-1699
- Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 16th century
- Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 17th century
- Discourse analysis, Literary
- Drama > Technique
- literary criticism
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Technique
- Vertelkunst
- Tegenstrijdigheden
- Dramentechnik > Shakespeare, William
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Stories, plots, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-328).
- Contents
- pt. I. Plot and Narrative. 1. Narrative Summary and Summary Narrative in Hamlet. 2. The Killing of Polonius. 3. Inconclusiveness in Hamlet. 4. Questionable Purpose in Measure for Measure. 5. Antigonus's Dream in The Winter's Tale. 6. "Our Perdita" in The Winter's Tale -- pt. II. Language and Text. 7. Refiguring Hamlet's "Imaginations" 8. Double Trouble. 9. What a Lark: The Undoing of Sonnet 29. 10. "Imperfect Speakers": Misquotation in Shakespeare -- pt. III. Reasoning and Proof. 11. A Dishonorable Quarrel: Henry V versus Michael Williams. 12. The Uncomfortable "Friar" in Measure for Measure. 13. "Natural Guiltiness" in Measure for Measure. 14. Questioning Paternity.
- ISBN
- 0820440566
- 9780820440569
- LCCN
- 98011261
- OCLC
- ocm38295243
- 38295243
- SCSB-14689433
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library