Aspects of Shakespeare's 'Problem Plays'

Aspects of Shakespeare's 'Problem Plays'
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 0521239591
ISBN-13 : 9780521239592
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Synopsis Aspects of Shakespeare's 'Problem Plays' by : Kenneth Muir

These articles, reprinted from various volumes of Shakespeare Survey, concern three plays which have gradually become appreciated by critics and in the theatre. Since the early years of this century they have been seen as an interrelated group, with a peculiarly twentieth-century appeal. Measure for Measure, concerned as it is with adolescents' first encounters with sex, love and death, has a special appeal for young people; Troilus and Cressida, set in the Trojan War, has been found deeply relevant to our own war-troubled times; and All's Well That Ends Well, sharing these preoccupations, is a necessary companion piece. John Barton, who has directed all three plays, is interviewed in one of the articles, which together illustrate the often heated controversy about the plays. Reviews and photographs of post-war productions at Stratford are also included. The book as a whole is designed as a stimulating introduction to these plays and to conflicting interpretations of them.

Animal Analogy in Shakespeare's Character Portrayal

Animal Analogy in Shakespeare's Character Portrayal
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015001990038
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Synopsis Animal Analogy in Shakespeare's Character Portrayal by : Audrey Elizabeth Yoder

A survey and analysis of Shakespeare's use of animal comparisons in character portrayals. Examines Shakespeare's numerous animal references, their background, and the reason for their use.

Shakespeare Among the Animals

Shakespeare Among the Animals
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9780230602120
ISBN-13 : 0230602126
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Synopsis Shakespeare Among the Animals by : B. Boehrer

Shakespeare Among the Animals examines the role of animal-metaphor in the Shakespeare stage, particularly as such metaphor serves to underwrite various forms of social difference. Working through texts such as Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream , Jonson's Volpone , and Middleton's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside , different chapters of the study focus upon the allegedly natural character of femininity, masculinity, and ethnicity, while a fourth chapter considers the nature of the natural world itself as it appears on the Renaissance stage. Addressing each of these topics in turn, Shakespeare Among the Animals explores the notions of cultural order that underlie early modern conceptions of the natural world, and the ideas of nature implicit in early modern social practice.

Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso

Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 366
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ISBN-10 : 9783110339840
ISBN-13 : 3110339846
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Synopsis Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso by : Greta Olson

Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso demonstrates how animal metaphors have been used to denigrate persons identified as criminal in literature, law, and science. Its three-part history traces the popularization of the 'criminal beast' metaphor in late sixteenth-century England, the troubling of the trope during the long eighteenth century, and the late nineteenth-century discovery of criminal atavism. With chapters on rogue pamphlets, Shakespeare, Webster, Jonson, Defoe and Swift, Godwin, Dickens, and Lombroso, the book illustrates how ideologically inscribed metaphors foster transfers between law, penal practices, and literature. Criminals as Animals concludes that criminal-animal metaphors continue to negatively influence the treatment of prisoners, suspected terrorists, and the poor even today.

The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Animals

The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Animals
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 694
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ISBN-10 : 9781000093438
ISBN-13 : 1000093433
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Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Animals by : Karen Raber

Shakespeare’s plays have a long and varied performance history. The relevance of his plays in literary studies cannot be understated, but only recently have scholars been looking into the presence and significance of animals within the canon. Readers will quickly find—without having to do extensive research—that the plays are teeming with animals! In this Handbook, Karen Raber and Holly Dugan delve deep into Shakespeare’s World to illuminate and understand the use of animals in his span of work. This volume supplies a valuable resource, offering a broad and thorough grounding in the many ways animal references and the appearance of actual animals in the plays can be interpreted. It provides a thorough overview; demonstrates rigorous, original research; and charts new frontiers in the field through a broad variety of contributions from an international group of well-known and respected scholars.

Shakespeare and Animals

Shakespeare and Animals
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 521
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ISBN-10 : 9781350002524
ISBN-13 : 1350002526
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare and Animals by : Karen Raber

This encyclopaedic account of animals in Shakespeare's plays and poems, provides readers with a much-needed resource by which to navigate the recent outpouring of critical and historical work on the topic. This dictionary extends its coverage to include insects, fish and mythic creatures, as well as the places, practices and lore pertaining to all animal-oriented experiences of early modern life. It emphasizes the role of animality in defining character, and is attentive to the instabilities of the human-animal boundary as they were theatrically represented, exploited and interrogated, but it is also concerned with the material presence of animals on stage and in everyday life in Shakespeare's world. The volume is a new tool for instructors, but is also a resource for critics and scholars in the many disciplines engaged with animal studies, posthumanist theory, ecostudies and cultural studies.

The Development of Shakespeare's Imagery

The Development of Shakespeare's Imagery
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9781135032852
ISBN-13 : 1135032858
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis The Development of Shakespeare's Imagery by : Wolfgang Clemen

First published in 1951. The edition reprints the second, updated, edition, of 1977. When first published this book quickly established itself as the standard survey of Shakespeare's imagery considered as an integral part of the development of Shakespeare's dramatic art. By illustrating, through the use of examples the progressive stages of Shakespeare's use of imagery, and in relating it to the structure, style and subject matter of the plays, the book throws new light on the dramatist's creative genius. The second edition includes a new preface and an up-to-date bibliography.

Commentary on Shakespeare's Richard III

Commentary on Shakespeare's Richard III
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9781136559365
ISBN-13 : 1136559361
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Commentary on Shakespeare's Richard III by : Wolfgang Clemen

First published in 1968. Providing a detailed and rigorous analysis of Richard III, this Commentary reveals every nuance of meaning whilst maintaining a firm grasp on the structure of the play. The result is an outstanding lesson in the methodology of Shakespearian criticism as well as an essential study for students of the early plays of Shakespeare.