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Shakespeare: Texts and Contexts
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Description
Shakespeare: Texts and Contexts focuses on both the texts of Shakespeare's plays, and the many contexts in which they have been produced, from their first performances to contemporary reproductions. This book introduces nine of Shakespeare's major plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard II, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, King Lear and The Tempest. In addition, there are two shorter intervals, one describing the original theatrical contexts for the plays, and the other discussing the different textual versions of the plays available to us. The chapters focus on the critical practices of close reading, historical contextualisation and a lively question-and-answer teaching style. There is also detailed attention to Shakespeare on stage, on film and in the new communications technologies and new theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's plays.
Table of Contents
A Midsummer Night's Dream; P. Rixon
Interval 1: Shakespeare's Theatre; H. Hackett
Richard II; M. Healy
Macbeth; S. Regan
Antony and Cleopatra; C. P. Havely
Interval 2: Editing Shakespeare's Plays; A. Thompson & N. Taylor
Hamlet; A. Thompson & N. Taylor
Twelfth Night; P. Rixon
Measure for Measure; D. Walder
King Lear; G. Martin & S. Regan
The Tempest; P. Scorer
Afterword; K. Ryan
Index.
Product details
| Published | 16 Feb 2000 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 344 |
| ISBN | 9780333913178 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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