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Meaning by Shakespeare

Author : Terence Hawkes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134904991
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Meaning by Shakespeare written by Terence Hawkes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We traditionally assume that the `meaning' of each of Shakespeares plays is bequeathed to it by the Bard. It is as if, to the information which used to be given in theatrical programmes, `Cigarettes by Abdullah, Costumes by Motley, Music by Mendelssohn', we should add `Meaning by Shakespeare'. These essays rest on a different, almost opposite, principle. Developing the arguments of the same author's That Shakespearean Rag (1986), they put the case that Shakespeare's plays have no essential meanings, but function as resources which we use to generate meaning. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Measure for Measure, Coriolanus and King Lear, amongst other plays, are examined as concrete instances of the covert process whereby, in the twentieth century, Shakespeare doesn't mean: we mean by Shakespeare. Meaning by Shakespeare concludes with `Bardbiz', a review of recent critical approaches to Shakespeare, which initiated a long-running debate (1990-1991) when it first appeared in The London Review of Books.

Defining Shakespeare

Author : MacDonald Pairman Jackson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199260508
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Defining Shakespeare written by MacDonald Pairman Jackson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'That very great play, Pericles', as T. S. Eliot called it, poses formidable problems of text and authorship. The first of the Late Romances, it was ascribed to Shakespeare when printed in a quarto of 1609, but was not included in the First Folio (1623) collection of his plays. This bookexamines rival theories about the quarto's origins and offers compelling evidence that Pericles is the product of collaboration between Shakespeare and the minor dramatist George Wilkins, who was responsible for the first two acts and for portions of the 'brothel scenes' in Act 4. Pericles serves asa test case for methodologies that seek to define the limits of the Shakespeare canon and to rdentify co-authors. A wide range of metrical, lexical, and other data is analysed. Computerized 'stylometric' texts are explained and their findings assessed. A concluding chapter introduces a new techniquethat has the potential to answer many of the remaining questions of attribution associated with Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Shakespeare's Philosophy

Author : Colin McGinn
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061751650
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Philosophy written by Colin McGinn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare’s plays are usually studied by literary scholars and historians and the books about him from those perspectives are legion. It is most unusual for a trained philosopher to give us his insight, as Colin McGinn does here, into six of Shakespeare’s greatest plays–A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, and The Tempest. In his brilliant commentary, McGinn explores Shakespeare’s philosophy of life and illustrates how he was influenced, for example, by the essays of Montaigne that were translated into English while Shakespeare was writing. In addition to chapters on the great plays, there are also essays on Shakespeare and gender and his plays from the aspects of psychology, ethics, and tragedy. As McGinn says about Shakespeare, “There is not a sentimental bone in his body. He has the curiosity of a scientist, the judgment of a philosopher, and the soul of a poet.” McGinn relates the ideas in the plays to the later philosophers such as David Hume and the modern commentaries of critics such as Harold Bloom. The book is an exhilarating reading experience, especially for students who are discovering the greatest writer in English.

A Shakespeare Glossary

Author : Charles Talbut Onions
Publisher : Oxford : The Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Shakespeare Glossary written by Charles Talbut Onions and published by Oxford : The Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1919 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Discovering Shakespeare's Meaning

Author : Leah Scragg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349086614
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Discovering Shakespeare's Meaning written by Leah Scragg and published by Springer. This book was released on 1988-04-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coined by Shakespeare

Author : Jeff McQuain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coined by Shakespeare written by Jeff McQuain and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dictionary of terms that were first coined in William Shakespeare's plays. Each entry explains the source of the word, how the word is used throughout history, and where each word appears in Shakespeare's works.

Shakespeare and the Problem of Meaning

Author : Norman Rabkin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226701786
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and the Problem of Meaning written by Norman Rabkin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1981-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rabkin selects The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Richard III, Macbeth, Coriolanus, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest as the plays on which to build his argument, and he teaches us a great deal about these plays. . . . To convince the unbelievingthat that the plays do mean, but that the meaning is coterminous with the experience of the plays themselves, Rabkin finds a strategy more subtle than thesis and rational argument, a strategy designed to make us see for ourselves why thematic descriptions are inadequate, see for ourselves tath the plays mean more than and statement about them can ever suggest." –Barbara A. Mowat, Auburn University "Norman Rabkin's new book is a very different kind of good book. Elegantly spare, sharp, undogmatic. . . . The relationship between the perception of unity and the perception of artistic achievement is a basic conundrum, and it is one that Mr. Rabkin has courageously placed at the center of his discussion." –G. K. Hunter, Sewanee Review "Rabkin's book is brilliant, taut, concise, beautifully argued, and sensitively responsive to the individuality of particular Shakespeare plays." –Anne Barton, New York Review of Books

The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 1

Author : Harold C. Goddard
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226300382
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 1 written by Harold C. Goddard and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-02-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In two magnificent and authoritative volumes, Harold C. Goddard takes readers on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his incomparable plays and unsurpassed literary genius.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare's Syzygy of Meaning

Author :
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434974553
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare's Syzygy of Meaning written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

This Is Shakespeare

Author : Emma Smith
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1524748552
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book This Is Shakespeare written by Emma Smith and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard’s inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing—not resolving—the ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicality A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no other. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality, and literary mastery. A man who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn’t tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant. In This Is Shakespeare, Emma Smith—an intellectually, theatrically, and ethically exciting writer—takes us into a world of politicking and copycatting, as we watch Shakespeare emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd (the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day), flirting with and skirting around the cutthroat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval, and technological change. Smith writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity, and sex. Instead of offering the answers, the Shakespeare she reveals poses awkward questions, always inviting the reader to ponder ambiguities.

Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594

Author : Rory Loughnane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108495249
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594 written by Rory Loughnane and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-appraises Shakespeare's early career, situating his writings and activities in their time, place, and cultural moment.

The Life of William Shakespeare

Author : Lois Potter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0631207848
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Life of William Shakespeare written by Lois Potter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Written by an eminent Shakespearean scholar and experienced theatre reviewer Pays particular attention to Shakespeare's theatrical contemporaries and the ways in which they influenced his writing Offers an intriguing account of the life and work of the great poet-dramatist structured around the idea of memory Explores often neglected literary and historical contexts that illuminate Shakespeare's life and works

A Dictionary of Shakespeare

Author : Stanley Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0192806386
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Shakespeare written by Stanley Wells and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled by the general editor of The Oxford Shakespeare, and one of the best-known authorities on the playwright's works, this dictionary offers up-to-date information on all aspects of Shakespeare, both in his own time and in later ages. The wide-ranging entries cover Shakespeare's plays, as well as everything from famous actors, writers, and directors connected with Shakespeare, to theatres, historical figures and places of particular interest relating to his life and work. The dictionary also includes box features of passages on Shakespeare by other famous authors, from Dr Johnson and Jane Austin to Bernard Levin and Virginia Woolf. Ideal reference for the student, actor, or director, and fascinating browsing for the general reader interested in Shakespeare's life and work.

Shakespeare Scholars in Conversation

Author : Michael P. Jensen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476634955
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare Scholars in Conversation written by Michael P. Jensen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-four of today's most prominent Shakespeare scholars discuss the best-known works in Shakespeare studies, along with some nearly forgotten classics that deserve fresh appraisal. An extensive bibliography provides a reading list of the most important works in the field. A filmography then lists the most important Shakespeare films, along with the films that influenced Shakespeare filmmakers. Interviewees include Sir Stanley Wells, Sir Jonathan Bate, Sir Brian Vickers, Ann Thompson, Virginia Mason Vaughan, George T. Wright, Lukas Erne, MacDonald P. Jackson, Peter Holland, James Shapiro, Katherine Duncan-Jones and Barbara Hodgdon.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays

Author : Catherine M. S. Alexander
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521881781
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays written by Catherine M. S. Alexander and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, leading international Shakespeare scholars consider the significant characteristics of Shakespeare's last plays and place them in their Jacobean context.

Shakespeare on Page and Stage

Author : Stanley Wells
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191090107
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare on Page and Stage written by Stanley Wells and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a winning selection of the very best essays from the long and distinguished career of Stanley Wells, one of the most well-known and respected Shakespeare scholars in the world. Wells's accomplishments include editing the entire canon of Shakespeare plays for the ground-breaking Oxford Shakespeare, and over his lifetime he has made significant contributions to debates over literary criticism of the works, genre study, textual theory, Shakespeare's afterlife in the theatre, and contemporary performance. The volume is introduced by Peter Holland, and its thirty chapters are divided into themed sections: 'Shakespearian Influences', 'Essays on Particular Works', 'Shakespeare in the Theatre', and 'Shakespeare's Text'. An afterword by Margreta de Grazia concludes the volume.

Francis Bacon’s Contribution to Shakespeare

Author : Barry R. Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429642970
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Francis Bacon’s Contribution to Shakespeare written by Barry R. Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Bacon's Contribution to Shakespeare advocates a paradigm shift away from a single-author theory of the Shakespeare work towards a many-hands theory. Here, the middle ground is adopted between competing so-called Stratfordian and alternative single-author conspiracy theories. In the process, arguments are advanced as to why Shakespeare’s First Folio (1623) presents as an unreliable document for attribution, and why contemporary opinion characterised Shakspere [his baptised name] as an opportunist businessman who acquired the work of others. Current methods of authorship attribution are critiqued, and an entirely new Rare Collocation Profiling (RCP) method is introduced which, unlike current stylometric methods, is capable of detecting multiple contributors to a text. Using the Early English Books Online database, rare phrases and collocations in a target text are identified together with the authors who used them. This allows a DNA-type profile to be constructed for the possible contributors to a text that also takes into account direction of influence. The method brings powerful new evidence to bear on crucial questions such as the author of the Groats-worth of Witte (1592) letter, the identifiable hands in 3 Henry VI, the extent of Francis Bacon’s contribution to Twelfth Night and The Tempest, and the scheduling of Love’s Labour’s Lost at the 1594–5 Gray’s Inn Christmas revels for which Bacon wrote entertainments. The treatise also provides detailed analyses of the nature of the complaint against Shakspere in the Groats-worth letter, the identity of the players who performed The Comedy of Errors at Gray’s Inn in 1594, and the reasons why Shakspere could not have had access to Virginia colony information that appears in The Tempest. With a Foreword by Sir Mark Rylance, this meticulously researched and penetrating study is a thought-provoking read for the inquisitive student in Shakespeare Studies.