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Author | : Stanley Wells |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2015-04-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 019102869X |
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In this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to the life and writings of the world's greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare. Looking at his early life and education, Wells explores Shakespeare's social and intellectual background and the literary traditions on which Shakespeare drew. Examining the theatres and theatrical profession of the time, he also considers how Shakespeare experienced this world, both as an actor and as a writer. Examining Shakespeare's narrative poems, sonnets, and all of his plays, Wells outlines their sources, style, and originality over the course of Shakespeare's career, to consider the fundamental impact his work has had for subsequent generations. Written with enthusiasm and flair by a scholar who has devoted a lifetime to the study of Shakespeare and his works, this is an engaging and authoritative introduction. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author | : Stanley Wells |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Tragedy |
ISBN | : 0198785291 |
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Shakespeare's tragedies contain an astonishing variety of suffering, from suicides and murders to dismemberments and grief. Stanley Wells considers how the bard's tragic plays drew on the literary and theatrical conventions of his time. Discussing the individual plays, he also explores why tragedy is regarded as a fit subject for entertainment.
Author | : Germaine Greer |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2002-02-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780192802491 |
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Germaine Greer examines Shakepeare's plays in detail, showing how he dramatized moral and intellectual issues in such a way that his audience became dazzlingly aware of an imaginative dimension to daily life. She argues that as long as Shakespeare's work remains central to English cultural life, it will retain the values which make it unique in the world.
Author | : Bart Van Es |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 0198723350 |
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In this work, Bart Van Es analyses Shakespeare's comedic plays, picking out the family resemblances across these works. He considers their shared themes such as confusion and cross dressing, misguided love, twins and substitutions, and explores the bard's verbal artistry and wit.
Author | : Jonathan F. S. Post |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2017-09-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 019102709X |
Download Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems: A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Not for nothing is William Shakespeare considered possibly the most famous writer in history; his works have had a lasting effect on culture, vocabularies, and art. His plays contain some of our most well-known lines (how often have you heard the phrase 'To be or not to be'?), yet whilst his poems may often feel less familiar than his plays they have also seeped into our cultural history (who has not heard of ''Shall I compare thee to a summer's day'?). In this Very Short Introduction Jonathan Post introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry: the Sonnets; the two great narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece; A Lover's Complaint; and The Phoenix and Turtle. Describing Shakespeare's double identity as both poet and playwright, in conjunction with several of his contemporaries, Post evaluates the reciprocal advantages as well as the different strategies and strains that came with writing for the stage and the page. Tackling the debates surrounding the disputed authorship of Shakespeare's poems, he also considers the printing history of Shakespeare's canon, and the genres favoured by the bard. Exploring their reception, both with contemporary audiences and through the ages until today, Post explores the core themes of love and lust, and analyzes how the sonnets compare with other great love poetry of the English Renaissance. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author | : Jonathan Bate |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2010-10-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0191614297 |
Download English Literature: A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Sweeping across two millennia and every literary genre, acclaimed scholar and biographer Jonathan Bate provides a dazzling introduction to English Literature. The focus is wide, shifting from the birth of the novel and the brilliance of English comedy to the deep Englishness of landscape poetry and the ethnic diversity of Britain's Nobel literature laureates. It goes on to provide a more in-depth analysis, with close readings from an extraordinary scene in King Lear to a war poem by Carol Ann Duffy, and a series of striking examples of how literary texts change as they are transmitted from writer to reader. The narrative embraces not only the major literary movements such as Romanticism and Modernism, together with the most influential authors including Chaucer, Donne, Johnson, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens and Woolf, but also little-known stories such as the identity of the first English woman poet to be honoured with a collected edition of her works. Written with the flair and passion for which Jonathan Bate has become renowned, this book is the perfect Very Short Introduction for all readers and students of the incomparable literary heritage of these islands. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author | : Catriona Kelly |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2001-08-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0192801449 |
Download Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This text explores the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture and aims to answer the questions: How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? and What shaped its creation?
Author | : Michael Wood |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2012-01-26 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0192803530 |
Download Film: A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Offers a wealth of insight into the paradoxical nature of film, considering its role and impact on society in the 20th century as well as its future in the digital age. Original.
Author | : Adrian Poole |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2005-08-11 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0192802356 |
Download Tragedy: A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists, story-tellers, critics, philosophers, politicians, and journalists? This work shows the relevance of tragedy to the modern world, and extends beyond drama and literature into visual art and everyday experience.
Author | : Anthony James West |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780198187684 |
Download The Shakespeare First Folio: A new worldwide census of first folios Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This major reference book for Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers is in the second part of the story of "the greatest book" in the English language. Listing 228 copies of the First Folio, the Census gives concise descriptions of each, covering condition, special features, provenance, and binding. It traces the search for copies, deals with doubtful identifications, describes the tests for inclusion, and presents details of missing copies.