Essential Shakespeare - The Arden Guide to Text and Interpretation

An introductory critical study for first year undergraduates which bridges the gap between A Level and university study. The book offers an accessible overview of key critical perspectives, early modern contexts, and methods of close reading, as well as screen and stage performances spanning several decades. Organised around the discussion of fourteen major plays, it introduces readers to the diverse theoretical approaches typical of today''s English studies. This is a go-to resource that can be consulted thematically or by individual play or genre. Critical approaches can overwhelm students who are daunted by the quantity and complexity of current scholarship; Bickley and Stevens are experienced teachers at both A and university level and are thus uniquely qualified to show how a mix of critical ideas can be used to inform ways of thinking about a play.>

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• Authors: Dr. Pamela (The English Association) Bickley, Pamela Bickley, Pamela (The English Association) Bickley, Pamela (The English Association) Stevens Bickley, Dr. Jenny (Open University Stevens, Dr. Jenny Bickley Stevens, Jenny Stevens, Jenny (Open University Stevens, Jenny Bickley Stevens
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2013
• EAN: 9781472520272
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-2027-2
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: The Arden Shakespeare; The Arden Shakespeare
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Englisch, English, Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean