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Author : Thomas Davies
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Dramatic Micellanies: Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays of Shakespeare written by Thomas Davies and published by . This book was released on 1784 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Davies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Dramatic Miscellanies: Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays of Shakespeare written by Thomas Davies and published by . This book was released on 1784 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Longstaffe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441170421
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book 1 Henry IV written by Stephen Longstaffe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to Shakespeare's I Henry IV - introducing its critical and performance history, current critical landscape and new directions in research on the play.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393614751
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Macbeth (Second International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) written by William Shakespeare and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tragedy that evokes both pity and terror—now in a thoroughly revised and updated Norton Critical Edition. The Norton Critical Edition is again based on the First Folio (1623), the only authoritative text of the play. The volume includes a revised introduction and new annotations and textual notes. The Second Edition also includes the innovative feature “The Actors’ Gallery,” which presents famous actors and actresses—among them David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, Ian McKellen, Hira Mikijirô, Patrick Stewart, and Kate Fleetwood—reflecting on their roles in major productions of Macbeth for stage and screen. “Sources and Contexts” provides readers with an understanding of Macbeth’s origins in earlier texts, specifically the works of the Roman playwright Seneca, the Tudor historian Raphael Holinshed, and the medieval drama The Slaughter of the Innocents and the Death of Herod. Contexts for the play include contemporary debates on predestination versus free will (Martin Luther versus Erasmus), witchcraft as fiction or fact (Reginald Scott versus King James I), the ethics of regicide (an Elizabethan homily versus Jan de Mariana, S.J.), and the ethics of equivocation (Henry Garnet, S.J., versus—new to the Second Edition—Sir Edward Coke). Eight carefully chosen essays represent four hundred years of critical and theatrical interpretation. Contributors include Simon Forman, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey, Harry Levin, Stephen Orgel, Peter Holland, and, presenting the latest arguments on the authorship controversy, Gary Taylor. Finally, an engaging new selection of Macbeth’s “Afterlives” includes excerpts from Giuseppi Verdi’s Macbeth and related letters, Eugene Ionesco’s Macbett (1972), Bill Cain’s Equivocation (2009), and more. This edition also provides a list of online and print resources.
Author : Fiona Ritchie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139868012
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Women and Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century written by Fiona Ritchie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as unlearned allowed many women to identify with him and in doing so they seized an opportunity to enter public life by writing about and performing his works. Actresses (such as Hannah Pritchard, Kitty Clive, Susannah Cibber, Dorothy Jordan and Sarah Siddons), female playgoers (including the Shakespeare Ladies Club) and women critics (like Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Griffith and Elizabeth Inchbald), had a profound effect on Shakespeare's reception. Interdisciplinary in approach and employing a broad range of sources, this book's analysis of criticism, performance and audience response shows that in constructing Shakespeare's significance for themselves and for society, women were instrumental in the establishment of Shakespeare at the forefront of English literature, theatre, culture and society in the eighteenth century and beyond.
Author : Joseph M. Ortiz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135190079X
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Shakespeare and the Culture of Romanticism written by Joseph M. Ortiz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of Shakespearean genius and sublimity is usually understood to be a product of the Romantic period, promulgated by poets such as Coleridge and Byron who promoted Shakespeare as the supreme example of literary genius and creative imagination. However, the picture looks very different when viewed from the perspective of the myriad theater directors, actors, poets, political philosophers, gallery owners, and other professionals in the nineteenth century who turned to Shakespeare to advance their own political, artistic, or commercial interests. Often, as in John Kemble’s staging of The Winter’s Tale at Drury Lane or John Boydell’s marketing of paintings in his Shakespeare Gallery, Shakespeare provided a literal platform on which both artists and entrepreneurs could strive to influence cultural tastes and points of view. At other times, Romantic writers found in Shakespeare’s works a set of rhetorical and theatrical tools through which to form their own public personae, both poetic and political. Women writers in particular often adapted Shakespeare to express their own political and social concerns. Taken together, all of these critical and aesthetic responses attest to the remarkable malleability of the Shakespearean corpus in the Romantic period. As the contributors show, Romantic writers of all persuasions”Whig and Tory, male and female, intellectual and commercial”found in Shakespeare a powerful medium through which to claim authority for their particular interests.
Author : Don-John Dugas
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826265448
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Marketing the Bard written by Don-John Dugas and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dugas credits the reemergence of Shakespeare's plays and his rise to fame in the 1700s to economic factors surrounding the theater business including the acquisition and adaptation of Shakespeare's plays by the Tonson publishing firm, which marketed collector's editions of his work, spurring a price war and rousing public interest"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Kevin J. Donovan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350128430
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book King Lear written by Kevin J. Donovan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume documents the reception and interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear by critics, editors and general readers from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. Following an introduction which provides an historical account of the play's critical reception from the earliest times to the present day, the volume presents a selection of original documents, together with contextual head notes and biographical sketches of the authors and a rationale for their selection, as well as a list of suggested further reading. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.
Author : Celestine Woo
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781433101632
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Romantic Actors and Bardolatry written by Celestine Woo and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Especially those who have sensed that the denial of the mother's voice has played a critical role in their own self-alienation and its melancholy moods, will discover that this book has much to offer them as well." Donald Capps, Princeton Theological Seminary --Book Jacket.
Author : Marga Munkelt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350321443
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Antony and Cleopatra written by Marga Munkelt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume in the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition series increases our knowledge of how Antony and Cleopatra has been received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. The volume provides, in separate sections, both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, and the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. This volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.
Author : Lyle Larsen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1683931165
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (839 download)
Download or read book The Johnson Circle written by Lyle Larsen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Johnson, from early boyhood, lived with the knowledge that his homely face, large and ungainly body, loud voice, and odd mannerisms put people off. He later confessed that he had never made an effort to please others until past thirty, “considering the matter as hopeless.” Yet he managed to gather about him as friends, especially during the last quarter of his life, some of the most fascinating and accomplished people of the day. These friendships were not always smooth, and some did not last, but Johnson valued the individuals nonetheless. Actor, painter, playwright, novelist, Greek scholar, miscellaneous writer, biographer, leading bluestocking, wealthy man-of-fashion: they represented a wide range of talents and personalities. Johnson brought them together as a group, and all testified that in knowing him they became far better persons than they otherwise would have been. This book focuses on ten key figures, aside from Johnson himself, of the so-called Johnson circle. It explores their characters, their contributions to society, their relationships with one another, and their indebtedness to Samuel Johnson.
Author : Hardin Aasand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350287369
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Hamlet written by Hardin Aasand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies, studied and performed around the world. This new volume in Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare's plays were received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. It traces the course of Hamlet criticism, from the earliest items of recorded criticism to the latter half of the Victorian period. The focus of the documentary material is from the late 18th century to the late 19th century. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century. The introduction constitutes an important chapter of literary history, tracing the entire critical career of Hamlet from the beginnings to the present day. The volume features criticism from leading literary figures, such as Henry James, Anna Jameson, Victor Hugo, Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Mary Cowden Clarke. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Classic Books Company
ISBN 13 : 0742653048
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Henry V written by William Shakespeare and published by Classic Books Company. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: * Authoritative, reliable texts * High quality introductions and notes * New, more readable trade trim size * An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts
Author : Toronto Public Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Toronto Public Library written by Toronto Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Boston Public Library. Barton Collection
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Works of William Shakespeare, Original and Translated written by Boston Public Library. Barton Collection and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James mascarene hubbard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book cataloque of works relating to william shakespeare and his writings in the barton collection boston public library written by James mascarene hubbard and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Boston Public Library. Barton Collection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Works of William Shakespeare, Original and Traslated, Together with the Shakespeariana Embraced in the Barton Collection of the Boston Public Library written by Boston Public Library. Barton Collection and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
