First published in 1977. This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan...
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First published in 1977. This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan dramatists took such pains as Shakespeare in the collection of source-material. Frequently the sources were apparently incompatible, but Shakespeare's ability to combine a chronicle play, one or two prose chronicles, two poems and a pastoral romance without any sense of incongruity, was masterly. The plays are examined in approximately chronological order and Shakespeare's developing skill becomes evident. Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- I Introduction -- II Early Plays -- 1. The Comedy of Errors -- 2. The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- 3. The Taming of the Shrew -- 4. Titus Andronicus -- 5. 1 Henry VI -- 6. 2 Henry VI -- 7. 3 Henry VI -- 8. Richard III -- 9. Romeo and Juliet -- 10. Richard II -- 11. A Midsummer-Night's Dream -- 12. Love's Labour's Lost -- 13. King John -- III Comedies and Histories -- 14. The Merchant of Venice -- 15. 1 Henry IV -- 16. 2 Henry IV -- 17. The Merry Wives of Windsor -- 18. Henry V -- 19. Much Ado about Nothing -- 20. Julius Caesar -- 21. As You Like It -- 22. Twelfth Night -- 23. Troilus and Cressida -- IV Tragic Period -- 24. Hamlet -- 25. All's Well that Ends Well -- 26. Measure for Measure -- 27. Othello -- 28. King Lear -- 29. Macbeth -- 30. Timon of Athens -- 31. Antony and Cleopatra -- 32. Coriolanus -- V Last Plays -- 33. Pericles -- 34. Cymbeline -- 35. The Winter's Tale -- 36. The Tempest -- 37. Henry VIII -- Notes -- Index.
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First published in 1977. This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan...
mehr
First published in 1977. This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan dramatists took such pains as Shakespeare in the collection of source-material. Frequently the sources were apparently incompatible, but Shakespeare's ability to combine a chronicle play, one or two prose chronicles, two poems and a pastoral romance without any sense of incongruity, was masterly. The plays are examined in approximately chronological order and Shakespeare's developing skill becomes evident.