Shakespeare At Work

Zusatztext Much in this book is remarkable. By itself, Jones's treatment of the old debate about the relationships among the earliest editions of Hamlet makes this book worth its price. I find the book filled with striking insights. Jones's work is productive, engaging, and lucid. Klappentext Why did Shakespeare revise his plays? In a brilliant and pioneering analysis, the distinguished critic John Jones explores the critical and dramatic significance of Shakespeare's revisions. Analyzing such plays as Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Troilus and Cressida, he reveals the artistic impact of the revisions and their importance for our understanding of each play's moral and metaphysical foundations. Zusammenfassung It is now accepted that Shakespeare revised many of his most celebrated plays. But how were the great tragedies altered and with what effects?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

• Authors: John Jones, John (Former Professor of Poetry Jones, Mari C Jones, Mari C. Jones
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.1995
• EAN: 9780198119661
• ISBN: 978-0-19-811966-1
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean