Meaning By Shakespeare

Summary

Terence Hawkes looks at King Lear, Measure for Measure, A Midsmmer Night's Dream and Coriolanus, as examples from this century of how Shakespeare's plays function as a language through which we generate meaning.

Product details

• Authors: Terence (Emeritus Professor of English Hawkes, Terence Hawkes, Hawkes Terence
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 11.09.2017
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
• EAN: 9781138466975
• ISBN: 978-1-138-46697-5
• Pages: 192
• Subjects: 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, performative meaning construction, Shakespearean reception studies, meaning generation in Shakespeare criticism, twentieth century literary theory, cultural semiotics in drama, dramatic interpretation methods, critical approaches to theatre