The Gap In Shakespeare

Author : Jeanette Winterson
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345809193

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The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson Pdf

"All of us have talismanic texts that we have carried around and that carry us around. I have worked with The Winter's Tale in many disguises for many years.... And I love cover versions." Jeanette Winterson The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's “late plays”. It tells the story of Leontes, King of Sicily, whose insane jealousy results in the banishment of his baby daughter, Perdita, from the kingdom and then the death of his beautiful wife, Hermione. Perdita is brought up by a shepherd on the Bohemian coast, but through a series of miraculous events, father and daughter, and eventually mother too, are reunited. In Jeanette Winterson's retelling we move from London, a city reeling after the 2008 financial crash, to a storm-ravaged city in the US called New Bohemia. Her story is one of childhood friendship, money, status, video games and the elliptical nature of time. It tells in a hyper-modern way, full of energy and beauty, of the consuming power of jealousy on the one hand, and love, redemption and a lost child on the other.

Author : Colin N. Manlove
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781532677502

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The Gap in Shakespeare by Colin N. Manlove Pdf

The first purpose of this book is to provide new readings of many of Shakespeare's major plays, unhampered by bardolatry and, so far as possible, by critical preconceptions. Among the interpretations is an argument that contradictions found in Othello emerge ultimately from Shakespeare's inability to portray a developing heterosexual relationship in any of his plays; that King Lear operates by a technique of psychological and spiritual discontinuity that forces the audience beyond rational or common-sense awareness to the deeper levels of the play; that in Macbeth the hero is portrayed as killing his king not so much for any positive motive as out of an inability to find a reason not to do so; that in Timon of Athens and Coriolanus Shakespeare's judgement is fatally divided; and that in the late romances evil is too lightly treated for the plays to be seen as serious accounts of life. At the same time throughout the book the central theme is Shakespeare's preoccupation with dichotomy and division, a preoccupation that cannot be explained away by reference to his Renaissance or Jacobean milieu, but emerges from himself. It is the subject of many of his plays; it is at the heart of the means by which he produces his greatest dramatic work; and it is equally the source of his blind spots and failures. The changing forms in which it manifests itself throughout his dramas resolve into a coherent pattern of psychological development.

Author : Colin Nicholas Manlove
Publisher : London : Vision ; Totowa, NJ : Barnes & Noble Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Conflict (Psychology) in literature
ISBN : 0854784446

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The Gap in Shakespeare by Colin Nicholas Manlove Pdf

Author : Colin N. Manlove
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781532677489

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The Gap in Shakespeare by Colin N. Manlove Pdf

The first purpose of this book is to provide new readings of many of Shakespeare's major plays, unhampered by bardolatry and, so far as possible, by critical preconceptions. Among the interpretations is an argument that contradictions found in Othello emerge ultimately from Shakespeare's inability to portray a developing heterosexual relationship in any of his plays; that King Lear operates by a technique of psychological and spiritual discontinuity that forces the audience beyond rational or common-sense awareness to the deeper levels of the play; that in Macbeth the hero is portrayed as killing his king not so much for any positive motive as out of an inability to find a reason not to do so; that in Timon of Athens and Coriolanus Shakespeare's judgement is fatally divided; and that in the late romances evil is too lightly treated for the plays to be seen as serious accounts of life. At the same time throughout the book the central theme is Shakespeare's preoccupation with dichotomy and division, a preoccupation that cannot be explained away by reference to his Renaissance or Jacobean milieu, but emerges from himself. It is the subject of many of his plays; it is at the heart of the means by which he produces his greatest dramatic work; and it is equally the source of his blind spots and failures. The changing forms in which it manifests itself throughout his dramas resolve into a coherent pattern of psychological development.

Author : Emma Smith
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780241361641

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This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith Pdf

A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'The best introduction to the plays I've read, perhaps the best book on Shakespeare, full stop' Alex Preston, Observer 'It makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary Mantel A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality and literary mastery. Who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't really tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant, deflecting us from investigating the challenges of his inconsistencies and flaws. This electrifying new book thrives on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of Shakespeare's plays and their changing topicality. It introduces an intellectually, theatrically and ethically exciting writer who engages with intersectionality as much as with Ovid, with economics as much as poetry: who writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity and sex. It takes us into a world of politicking and copy-catting, as we watch him emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cut-throat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval and technological change. The Shakespeare in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean. This is Shakespeare. And he needs your attention.

Author : Janette Winterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0734399979

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Gap of Time by Janette Winterson Pdf

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Author : Bradin Cormack,Martha C. Nussbaum,Richard Strier
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226378565

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Shakespeare and the Law by Bradin Cormack,Martha C. Nussbaum,Richard Strier Pdf

"William Shakespeare is inextricably linked with the law. Legal documents make up most of the records we have of his life; trials, lawsuits, and legal terms permeate his plays. Gathering an extraordinary team of literary and legal scholars, philosophers, and even sitting judges, Shakespeare and the Law demonstrates that Shakespeare's thinking about legal concepts and legal practice points to a deep and sometimes vexed engagement with the law's technical workings, its underlying premises, and its social effects. Shakespeare and the Law opens with three essays that provide useful frameworks for approaching the topic, offering perspectives on law and literature that emphasize both the continuities and the contrasts between the two fields. In its second section, the book considers Shakespeare's awareness of common-law thinking and practice through examinations of Measure for Measure and Othello. Building and expanding on this question, the third part inquires into Shakespeare's general attitudes toward legal systems. A judge and former solicitor general rule on Shylock's demand for enforcement of his odd contract; and two essays by literary scholars take contrasting views on whether Shakespeare could imagine a functioning legal system. The fourth section looks at how law enters into conversation with issues of politics and community, both in the plays and in our own world. The volume concludes with a freewheeling colloquy among Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Judge Richard A. Posner, Martha C. Nussbaum, and Richard Strier that covers everything from the ghost in Hamlet to the nature of judicial discretion"--Jacket.

Author : Leo Salingar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1986-03-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521308564

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Dramatic Form in Shakespeare and the Jacobeans by Leo Salingar Pdf

A collection of essays concerned with aspects of dramatic form in works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Author : S. Ryle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137332066

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Shakespeare, Cinema and Desire by S. Ryle Pdf

Shakespeare, Cinema and Desire explores the desires and the futures of Shakespeare's language and cinematographic adaptations of Shakespeare. Tracing ways that film offers us a rich new understanding of Shakespeare, it highlights issues such as media technology, mourning, loss, the voice, narrative territories and flows, sexuality and gender.

Author : Lukas Erne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107029651

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Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist by Lukas Erne Pdf

This second edition of Erne's groundbreaking study includes a new preface that reviews the controversy the book has triggered.

Author : Nicoleta Cinpoes,Florence March,Paul Prescott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350140172

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Shakespeare on European Festival Stages by Nicoleta Cinpoes,Florence March,Paul Prescott Pdf

From the aftermath of World War II to the convulsions of Brexit, festivals have deployed Shakespeare as a model of inclusive and progressive theatre to seek cultural solutions to Europe's multi-faceted crises. Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is the first book to chart Shakespeare's presence at continental European festivals. It examines the role these festivals play in European socio-cultural exchanges, and the impact festivals make on the wider production and circulation of staged Shakespeare across the continent. This collection offers authoritative, lively and informed accounts of the production of Shakespeare at the following festivals: the Avignon Festival and Le Printemps des comédiens in Montpellier (France), the Almagro festival (Spain), Shakespeare at Four Castles (Czech Republic and Slovakia), the International Shakespeare Festival in Craiova (Romania), the Shakespeare festivals in Elsinore (Denmark), Gdansk (Poland), Gyula (Hungary), Itaka (Serbia), Neuss (Germany), Patalenitsa (Bulgaria), Rome and Verona (Italy). Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners interested in Shakespeare in performance, in translation and in a post-national Shakespeare that knows no borders and belongs to all of Europe.

Author : Gabriele Biotti
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781527568921

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Performing Memories by Gabriele Biotti Pdf

What is memory today? How can it be approached? Why does the contemporary world seem to be more and more haunted by different types of memories still asking for elaboration? Which artistic experiences have explored and defined memory in meaningful ways? How do technologies and the media have changed it? These are just some of the questions developed in this collection of essays analysing memory and memory shapes, which explores the different ways in which past time and its elaboration have been, and still are, elaborated, discussed, written or filmed, and contested, but also shared. By gathering together scholars from different fields of investigation, this book explores the cultural, social and artistic tensions in representing the past and the present, in understanding our legacies, and in approaching historical time and experience. Through the analysis of different representations of memory, and the investigation of literature, anthropology, myth and storytelling, a space of theories and discourses about the symbolic and cultural spaces of memory representation is developed.

Author : Edwin Bormann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5Z3K

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The Shakespeare-secret by Edwin Bormann Pdf

Author : Subha Mukherji
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110661996

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Blind Spots of Knowledge in Shakespeare and His World by Subha Mukherji Pdf

A "blind spot" suggests an obstructed view, or partisan perception, or a localized lack of understanding. Just as the brain "reads" the "blind spot" of the visual field by a curious process of readjustment, Shakespearean drama disorients us with moments of unmastered and unmasterable knowledge, recasting the way we see, know and think about knowing. Focusing on such moments of apparent obscurity, this volume puts methods and motives of knowing under the spotlight, and responds both to inscribed acts of blind-sighting, and to the text or action blind-sighting the reader or spectator. While tracing the hermeneutic yield of such occlusion is its main conceptual aim, it also embodies a methodological innovation: structured as an internal dialogue, it aims to capture, and stake out a place for, a processive intellectual energy that enables a distinctive way of knowing in academic life; and to translate a sense of intellectual "community" into print.

Author : Laura Pelaschiar
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780815653127

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Joyce / Shakespeare by Laura Pelaschiar Pdf

Shakespeare’s presence in Joyce’s work is tentacular, extending throughout his career on many different levels: cultural, structural, lexical, and psychological; yet a surprisingly long time has passed since the last monograph on this literary nexus was published. Joyce/Shakespeare brings together fresh work by internationally recognized Joyce scholars on these two icons, reinvigorating our understanding of Joyce at play with the Bard. One way these essays revitalize the discussion is by moving well beyond the traditional Joycean challenge of “thinking Shakespearean” by “thinking Hamletian,” redefining the field to include works like Troilus and Cressida, Othello, and The Tempest. This collection also transforms our understanding of how Hamlet works in and for Joyce. In compelling essays that introduce new variables to the equation such as Trieste, Goethe, and Futurism, Hamlet’s role in Joyce gains fresh mobility. The Danish prince’s shadow, we learn, can still cast itself in unpredictable shapes, making Joyce/Shakespeare as rewarding in its analyses of this well-studied pairing as it is when it considers fresh Shakespearean matches.