The Winter's Tale - A Guide To The Play

Informationen zum Autor JOAN LORD HALL is Instructor in the University Writing Program and Lecturer in English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her previous books include Henry V: A Guide to the Play (Greenwood, 1997). Klappentext With a raging bear, the figure of Time, and a statue that turns out to be a living woman, The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's most unusual dramas. This book conveniently overviews the play and its contexts. The guide begins with a discussion of the play's textual history and its relation to early 17th-century political, social, and agrarian developments. It then examines Shakespeare's dramatic art, characters, and themes. The final chapters review the critical and scholarly response to Shakespeare's work and its performance history. Zusammenfassung With a raging bear! the figure of Time! and a statue that turns out to be a living woman! The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's most unusual dramas. The final chapters review the critical and scholarly response to Shakespeare's work and its performance history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations of Cited Works Textual History Contexts and Sources Dramatic Form Dramatic Language and Character Presentation Themes Critical Approaches The Play in Performance Bibliographical Essay

Product details

• Authors: Joan Hall, Joan L. Hall, Joan Lord Hall
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2005
• EAN: 9780313328183
• ISBN: 978-0-313-32818-3
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Greenwood Guides to Shakespear; Greenwood Guides to Shakespear; Greenwood Guides to Shakespeare
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, The Arts: Drama