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Shakespeare at Work
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Description
John Jones looks at the implications of Shakespeare's revisions for the reader and spectator alike and shows the playwright getting to grips with the problems of characterization and scene formation in such plays as Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Troilus and Cressida. In characteristically lucid and accessible prose, John Jones assesses recent textual scholarship on Shakespeare's revisions and illuminates the artistic impact of the revised texts and their importance for our understanding of each play's moral and metaphysical foundations.
Shakespeare at Work brings together English literature's greatest writer and one of its most distinguished critics. the result is a book that will be essential and entertaining reading for scholars, students, and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
1996-02-29
Publication Date:
1991-03-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0198119666
ISBN13:
9780198119661
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
562 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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