Shakespeare Through Letters

This book offers an innovative pathway into Shakespeare's plays-the letters, although small, impact narrative development, reveal character, and enhance the play's tone. The author posits that the letters constitute texts that warrant interpretation, as they delineate the intersection of oral and literate cultures.

List of contents

Preface
To the Reader
Chapter 1: Comedies
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Love's Labor's Lost
Much Ado about Nothing
As You Like It
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merchant of Venice
Twelfth Night
All's Well That Ends Well
Measure for Measure
Troilus and Cressida
Pericles
Cymbeline
The Winter's Tale
Chapter 2: Histories
1 Henry VI
2 Henry VI
3 Henry VI
Richard III
King John
Richard II
1 Henry IV
2 Henry IV
Henry VIII
Chapter 3: Tragedies
Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello
King Lear
Timon of Athens
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Appendix: Further Reading
References
About the Author

About the author

By David M. Bergeron

Summary

This book offers an innovative pathway into Shakespeare’s plays—the letters, although small, impact narrative development, reveal character, and enhance the play’s tone. The author posits that the letters constitute texts that warrant interpretation, as they delineate the intersection of oral and literate cultures.

Product details

• Authors: David M. Bergeron, Bergeron David M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793631688
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-168-8
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism