New Cambridge Shakespeare Studies and Supplementary Texts - Essays on the Play and Its Shakespearian Interest

Klappentext Discusses The Book of Sir Thomas More and looks at its authorship and revision, structure, occasion and staging. Zusammenfassung Scholarly interest in The Book of Sir Thomas More has concentrated on the issue of Shakespeare's contribution to its revision. The range of topics in this volume is much wider than that of the 1923 collection! taking in the problems presented by the play as a whole! its authorship and revision! structure! occasion and staging. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction T. H. Howard-Hill; 1. Voice and Credyt: the scholars and Sir Thomas More G. Harold Metz; 2. The occasion of the book of Sir Thomas More William B. Long; 3. The book of Sir Thomas More: dates and acting companies Scott McMillin; 4. The book of Sir Thomas More: dramatic unity Giorgio Melchiori; 5. The date and auspices of the additions to Sir Thomas More Gary Taylor; 6. Henry Chettle and the original text of Sir Thomas More John Jowett; 7. Webster or Shakespeare? style, idiom, vocabulary and spelling in the additions to Sir Thomas More Charles R. Forker; 8. Sir Thomas More and the Shakespeare Canon: two approaches John W. Velz; Appendix: the sources of Sir Thomas More by scenes Giorgio Melchiori and Vittorio Gabrieli; Index.

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• Authors: T. H. Howard-Hill
• Assisted by: T. H. Howard-Hill (Editor), Howard-Hill T. H. (Editor), Howard-Hill T. H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521123464
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12346-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare Stud; The New Cambridge Shakespeare; New Cambridge Shakespeare Studies and Supplementary Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean