Publisher:
Oxford University Press USA - OSO, Oxford
This compact, engaging book puts Shakespeare's originality in historical context and looks at how he worked with his sources: the plays, poems, chronicles and romances on which his own plays are based. Cover -- Shakespeare's Originality -- Copyright...
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This compact, engaging book puts Shakespeare's originality in historical context and looks at how he worked with his sources: the plays, poems, chronicles and romances on which his own plays are based. Cover -- Shakespeare's Originality -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1: Upstarts and Much Ado -- 2: Shakespeare Afoot -- 3: King Lear and its Origins -- 4: The Tempest to 1756 -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1 Upstarts and Much Ado -- 2 Shakespeare Afoot -- 3 King Lear and its Origins -- 4 The Tempest to 1756 -- Select Bibliography -- Shakespeare and Drama -- Other Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.
