Author : Martin Procházka
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 36,23 MB
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1611494613
Selected contributions to the most prestigious international event in Shakespeare studies, the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress (2011), represent major trends in the field in historical and present-day contexts. Special attention is given to the impact of Shakespeare on diverse cultures, from the Native Americans to China and Japan.
Author : Martin Procházka
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1644530597
Selected contributions to the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress, which took place in July 2011 in Prague, represent the contemporary state of Shakespeare studies in thirty-eight countries worldwide. Apart from readings of Shakespeare’s plays and poems, more than forty chapters map Renaissance contexts of his art in politics, theater, law, or material culture and discuss numerous cases of the impact of his works in global culture from the Americas to the Far East, including stage productions, book culture, translations, film and television adaptations, festivals, and national heritage. The last section of the book focuses on the afterlife of Shakespeare in the work of the leading British dramatist Tom Stoppard. Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
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Page : 104 pages
File Size : 13,4 MB
Release : 2011
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Author : Andrew Hadfield
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 16,48 MB
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1408143682
This collection of essays explores the diverse ways in which Shakespeare and his contemporaries experienced and imagined Europe. The book charts the aspects of European politics and culture which interested Renaissance travellers, thus mapping the context within which Shakespeare's plays with European settings would have been received. Chapters cover the politics of continental Europe, the representation of foreigners on the English stage, the experiences of English travellers abroad, Shakespeare's reading of modern European literature, the influence of Italian comedy, his presentation of Moors from Europe's southern frontier, and his translation of Europe into settings for his plays.
Author : Arthur F. Kinney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1135876274
In this book, renowned Renaissance drama critic Arthur F. Kinney argues that Shakespeare's method of composing plays through networks of meanings can be seen as a harbinger of today's information technology. Drawing upon hypertext and cognitive theory--areas that have for some time promised to take on more importance in the sphere of Shakespeare Studies--as well as the central metaphor of the Routledge collection The Renaissance Computer, Kinney looks in detail at four objects/images in Shakespeare's plays--mirrors, maps, clocks, and books--and explores the ways in which they make up networks of meaning within single plays and across the dramatist's body of work that anticipate in some ways the networks of meaning or "information" now possible in the computer age.
Author : Andrew Hadfield
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 23,41 MB
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1408138107
Shakespeare, like many of his contemporaries, was concerned with the question of the succession and the legitimacy of the monarch. From the early plays through the histories to Hamlet, Shakespeare's work is haunted by the problem of political legitimacy.
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Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 2005
Category : English literature
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Author : Peter Holbrook
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 17,25 MB
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1472572831
This book's underlying claim is that English Renaissance tragedy addresses live issues in the experience of readers and spectators today: it is not a genre to be studied only for aesthetic or “heritage” reasons. The book considers the way in which tragedy in general, and English Renaissance tragedy in particular, addresses ideas of freedom, understood both from an individual and a sociopolitical perspective. Tragedy since the Greeks has addressed the constraints and necessities to which human life is subject (Fate, the gods, chance, the conflict between state and individual) as well as the human desire for autonomy and self-direction. In short, English Renaissance Tragedy: Ideas of Freedom shows how the tragic drama of Shakespeare's age addresses problems of freedom, slavery, and tyranny in ways that speak to us now.
Author : Brinda Charry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,57 MB
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1472572262
The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama is a single critical and contextual resource for students embarking on an in-depth exploration of early modern drama, providing both critical insight and accessible contextual information. This companion equips students with the information needed to situate the plays in their socio-political, intellectual and literary contexts. Divided into two parts, it introduces students to the major authors and significant dramatic texts of the period and emphasises the importance of both a historicist and close-reading approach to better engage with these works. The Guide offers: · primary texts from key early modern scholars such as Machiavelli, Heywood and Sidney · contextual information vital to a full understanding of the drama of the period · close readings of 14 of the most widely studied play texts by Shakespeare and his contemporaries · a single resource to accompany any study of early modern drama This is an ideal companion for students of Renaissance drama, offering students and teachers a range of primary contextual sources to illuminate their understanding alongside close critical readings of the major plays of the period.
Author : Lena Cowen Orlin
Publisher : Red Globe Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,58 MB
Release : 2009-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0230001750
This fascinating collection of rare and classic documents provides students at all levels with rich source material and context for studying the literature of Shakespeare's age. Informed by the latest scholarship and meticulous original research, these documents are crucial to understanding the explosive creativity of Renaissance literature. A wide range of pedagogically designed tools help students find their way into this time of momentous social, economic, and religious transformation era, these include: • An authoritative introduction outlining historical events, religious revolution, social mobility, technological advances, global exchange, and the literary and cultural ideas that defined 'the Renaissance' • Informative headnotes, footnotes, and section introductions providing important contexts for each individual document • a timeline and a chronological list of the major literary events of the period • a guide to further reading in both early modern sources and contemporary scholarship, as well as suggestions for useful websites This book is an invaluable resource for all students of Shakespeare, the English Renaissance, and Early Modern Literature.
