Hamlet And Other Shakespearean Essays

Author : L. C. Knights
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1979-10-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521227844

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Hamlet and Other Shakespearean Essays by L. C. Knights Pdf

In these Shakespearean essays originally published together in 1979, the distinguished literary critic L. C. Knights offers the fruits of his long-term thinking about individual plays (notably, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Lear) and explores the ways in which a deep and imaginative understanding of Shakespeare's work can relate to and enrich other areas of knowledge - politics, history, social and emotional relationships, the nature of theatrical experience ... Certain critical assumptions are of course implicit here: that great works of art have a continuing life which is renewed through perception; that the vitality generated by such works is for all men and that the critic's function is to encourage all readers to see as much as they can for themselves, not to dogmatize or try to impose a particular reading. L. C. Knights admirably fulfils this function in these essays most of which have been gathered from the three volumes entitled Explorations, Further Explorations and Explorations 3.

Author : Platt Peter G. Platt
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781474463430

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Shakespeare's Essays by Platt Peter G. Platt Pdf

Argues that the Essais of Montaigne were a crucial factor in the composition of later Shakespearean dramaA new way of accounting for the different sorts of plays that Shakespeare wrote later in his careerA detailed history of the literary-critical interest in the Montaigne-Shakespeare connection, from the eighteenth century to the present dayCase studies that, through sustained close-readings of Montaigne's essays and Shakespeare's plays, shows the shared concerns of the authorsA new approach that differs from the more typical method of looking merely for verbal echoes, resulting in a deeper, richer sense of the way that Shakespeare's reading of Montaigne shaped his writingIn this revisionist study, Peter G. Platt provides a detailed history of the literary-critical interest in the Montaigne-Shakespeare connection from the eighteenth century to the present day. Through sustained close-readings of Montaigne's essays and Shakespeare's plays, Platt explores both authors' approaches to self, knowledge and form that stress fractures, interruptions and alternatives. While the change in monarchy, the revived interest in judicial rhetoric and the alterations in Shakespeare's acting company helped shape plays such as Measure for Measure, King Lear and The Tempest, this book contends that Shakespeare's reading of Montaigne is an under-recognised driving force in these later plays.

Author : David Scott Kastan
Publisher : Twayne Publishers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106012725625

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Critical Essays on Shakespeare's Hamlet by David Scott Kastan Pdf

Critical essays about William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

Author : Joseph Pearce,William Shakespeare
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781681492216

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Hamlet by Joseph Pearce,William Shakespeare Pdf

Edited by Joseph Pearce Contributors to this volume: Crystal Downing Anthony Esolen Gene Fendt Richard Harp Joseph Pearce Andrew Moran Jim Scott Orrick R.V. Young Arguably Shakespeare's finest and most important play, Hamlet is also one of the most misunderstood masterpieces of world literature. ""To be or not to be"", may be the question, but the answer has eluded many generations of critics. What does it mean ""to be""? And is everything as it seems to be? These are the questions that are asked and answered in the introduction by Joseph Pearce, author of The Quest for Shakespeare, and in the tradition-oriented critical essays by leading Shakespeare scholars that can be found in this groundbreaking edition of Shakespeare's masterpiece. To see or not to see, that is the question. The Ignatius Critical Edition of Hamlet will help many people truly see the play and its deepest meaning in a new and surprising light. The Ignatius Critical Editions represent a tradition-oriented alternative to popular textbook series such as the Norton Critical Editions or Oxford World Classics, and are designed to concentrate on traditional readings of the Classics of world literature. Whereas many modern critical editions have succumbed to the fads of modernism and post-modernism, this series will concentrate on tradition-oriented criticism of these great works. Edited by acclaimed literary biographer, Joseph Pearce, the Ignatius Critical Editions will ensure that traditional moral readings of the works are given prominence, instead of the feminist, or deconstructionist readings that often proliferate in other series of 'critical editions'. As such, they represent a genuine extension of consumer-choice, enabling educators, students and lovers of good literature to buy editions of classic literary works without having to 'buy into' the ideologies of secular fundamentalism. The series is particularly aimed at tradition-minded literature professors offering them an alternative for their students. The initial list will have about 15 - 20 titles. The goal is to release three books a season, or six in a year.

Author : David M. Bevington
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015038919141

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Twentieth Century Interpretations of Hamlet by David M. Bevington Pdf

A collection of critical essays and commentary on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Author : David P. Gontar
Publisher : World Encounter Institute/New English Review Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0985439491

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Hamlet Made Simple and Other Essays by David P. Gontar Pdf

"A collection of thematically related essays on a variety of works by Shakespeare"--P. 11.

Author : Martha W. Driver,Sid Ray
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786491650

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Shakespeare and the Middle Ages by Martha W. Driver,Sid Ray Pdf

Every generation reinvents Shakespeare for its own needs, imagining through its particular choices and emphases the Shakespeare that it values. The man himself was deeply involved in his own kind of historical reimagining. This collection of essays examines the playwright's medieval sources and inspiration, and how they shaped his works. With a foreword by Michael Almereyda (director of the Hamlet starring Ethan Hawke) and dramaturge Dakin Matthews, these thirteen essays analyze the ways in which our modern understanding of medieval life has been influenced by our appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.

Author : William Shakespeare,Susanne Lindgren Wofford
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Denmark
ISBN : 0333594924

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Hamlet by William Shakespeare,Susanne Lindgren Wofford Pdf

bibliography that promotes further exploration of that approach. The text and essays are further complemented by an introduction providing biographical and historical contexts to Shakespeare and Hamlet, a survey of critical responses to the play since its initial publication, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.

Author : Barbara Everett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015014950375

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Young Hamlet by Barbara Everett Pdf

These essays offer fresh ideas about Shakespeare. Everett argues that patterns in the major tragedies are drawn from the most common human experiences, and that Shakespeare used his great public settings to suggest myths of the personal life. The first essay "Growing," proposes a new reading that recovers an older forgotten view of the place of the young within the social order. Other essays exemplify a wide range of approaches to Shakespeare's tragic texts, including a reading of Romeo and Juliet that presents the Nurse as a key to Shakepeare's tragic conception, and an essay on the "inaction" of Troilus and Cressida that brings out the extraordinary originality of this unclassifiable play. In addition, the book provides ancillary studies of Hamlet and Othello, together with new approaches to the texts which show how these plays manifest their meanings, even in the smallest details of word and phrase.

Author : Lena Cowen Orlin,Miranda Johnson-Haddad
Publisher : Associated University Presse
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0874139872

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Staging Shakespeare by Lena Cowen Orlin,Miranda Johnson-Haddad Pdf

Features twelve essays that explore the relationships between Shakespearean pedagogy, performance, and scholarship. This volume consists of four sections, entitled Acts of Recovery; Performing the Moment; Recordings; and Extensions and Explorations.

Author : Philip Brockbank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:630504495

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Players of Shakespeare by Philip Brockbank Pdf

Author : Joseph G. Price
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317814344

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Hamlet: Critical Essays by Joseph G. Price Pdf

A comprehensive collection of the best writing about this Shakespearian play, both as dramatic literature and theatrical performance, this book is an excellent resource companion to the text. This collected wisdom was originally published in 1986. It contains pieces of commentary from as far back as the late 18th Century but also highly acclaimed critical pieces from more recent years, organised into six general themes.

Author : Sidney Sir Lee
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547331889

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Shakespeare and the Modern Stage; with Other Essays by Sidney Sir Lee Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Shakespeare and the Modern Stage; with Other Essays" by Sidney Sir Lee. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Alexander Wellington Crawford
Publisher : Boston : R.G. Badger ; Toronto : Copp Clark
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3293589

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Hamlet, an Ideal Prince by Alexander Wellington Crawford Pdf

Author : Julia Reinhard Lupton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780226496719

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Thinking with Shakespeare by Julia Reinhard Lupton Pdf

"What is a person? What company do people keep with animals, plants, and things? What are their rights? To whom are they obligated? Such questions - bearing fundamentally on the shared meaning of politics and life - animate Shakespearean drama, yet their urgency has been obscured by historicist approaches to literature.