Language of Shakespeare''s Plays

Zusatztext This is indeed a stimulating study...' British Book News.A book abounding in perceptive criticism Times Literary Supplement Informationen zum Autor Bifor Evans Zusammenfassung This volume explores the function of verse in drama and the developing way in which Shakespeare controlled the rhetorical and decorative elements of speech for the dramatic purpose. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 THE BEGINNING IN WORDS; Chapter 2 FROM WORDS TO ACTION AND FROM WORDS TO PEOPLE; Chapter 3 THE EARLY HISTORIES; Chapter 4 A MIDSUMMER-NIGHTS DREAM; Chapter 5 ROMEO AND JULIET; Chapter 6 HENRY IV, Part I and Part II; Chapter 7 THE MIDDLE COMEDIES; Chapter 8 HAMLET; Chapter 9 MEASURE FOR MEASURE; ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; TROILUS AND CRESSIDA; Chapter 10 OTHELLO AND MACBETH; Chapter 11 KING LEAR; Chapter 12 THE ROMAN PLAYS; Chapter 13 CYMBELINE; THE WINTER'S TALE; THE TEMPEST;

Product details

• Authors: B. I. Evans, Evans B. I.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.2004
• EAN: 9780415352857
• ISBN: 978-0-415-35285-7
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; The arts: general issues, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, History of Art, Performance Art, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, The arts: general topics