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Zusatztext Stanley Wells is the most Shakespearian of Shakespearians. He epitomizes what makes the humanities humane. Great learning lightly worn; hard work disguised as play. A love of beauty and of truth. A deep commitment to the difficult work of understanding the human past. Curiosity, empathy, generosity, modesty. The clarity and passion of all great teachers. A twinkle in the eye, and in the prose. Informationen zum Autor Stanley Wells, described by Roy Hattersley as 'Our greatest authority on Shakespeare's life and work', is honorary President of The Shakespeare Birthplace, Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies of the University of Birmingham, and Honorary Emeritus Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. For nearly twenty years he was the editor of the annual Shakespeare Survey. His most recent books are Shakespeare For All Time, Looking for Sex in Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Sex, and Love, and Great Shakespeare Actors. He was knighted in 2016 for services to Shakespeare scholarship. Klappentext This volume presents a winning selection of the very best essays from the long and distinguished career of Stanley Wells, one of the most well-known and respected Shakespeare scholars in the world. Its chapters are divided into themed sections, on Shakespearian influences, particular works, theatre, and text. Zusammenfassung This volume presents a winning selection of the very best essays from the long and distinguished career of Stanley Wells, one of the most well-known and respected Shakespeare scholars in the world. Its chapters are divided into themed sections, on Shakespearian influences, particular works, theatre, and text. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Shakespearian Influences 1: Shakespeare: Man of the European Renaissance 2: Tales from Shakespeare Essays on Particular Works 3: The Failure of The Two Gentlemen of Verona 4: The Taming of the Shrew and King Lear: A Structural Comparison 5: The Integration of Violent Action in Titus Andronicus 6: The Challenges of Romeo and Juliet 7: The Uses of Inconsequentiality (Romeo and Juliet) 8: Laments in Richard II 9: A Midsummer Night's Dream Revisited 10: Translations in A Midsummer Night's Dream 11: The Division of the Kingdoms (King Lear) 12: Points of Stagecraft in The Tempest 13: My Name is Will (The Sonnets) 14: Shakespeare Without Sources Shakespeare in the Theatre 16: Boys Should be Girls: Shakespeares Female Roles and the Boy Players 17: Staging Shakespeares Ghosts 18: Staging Shakespeares Apparitions and Dream Visions 19: Shakespeare in Planché s Extravaganzas 20: Shakespeare in Max Beerbohm s Theatre Criticism 21: Shakespeare in Leigh Hunt s Theatre Criticism 22: Shakespeare in William Hazlitt s Theatre Criticism 23: A Favourite Production: Peter Hall's Coriolanus Shakespeare's Text 22: On Being A General Editor 23: Editorial Treatment of Foul-Paper Texts: Much Ado About Nothing as Test Case 24: Money in Shakespeares Comedies 25: To Read a Play: The Problem of Editorial Intervention 26: The First Folio: where would we be without it? Select Bibliography ...
