Shakespeare and the Idea of Late Writing - Authorship in the Proximity of Death

Klappentext An account of Shakespeare's last plays in relation to the idea of 'late style'. Zusammenfassung This book is an account of the ways in which we have come to understand Shakespeare's final plays as an instance of the idea of 'late style'. It will be of interest to literature specialists! musicologists and art historians! and anyone curious about the relationship of creativity to death. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Shakespeare and the idea of late writing; 2. The Shakespearean caesura: genre, chronology, style; 3. The invention of late Shakespeare: subjectivism and its discontents; 4. Last words / late plays: the possibility and impossibility of late Shakespeare in early modern culture and theatre; 5. How old is 'late'?: late Shakespeare, old age, King Lear; 6. The Tempest and the uses of late Shakespeare in the theatre: Gielgud, Rylance, Prospero.

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• Authors: Gordon Mcmullan, Gordon (King's College London) McMullan, Gordon (King''s College London) Mcmullan, McMullan Gordon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2010
• EAN: 9780521158008
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15800-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean