Shakespeare and Language

Informationen zum Autor Catherine M. S. Alexander is a lecturer at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. She is editor of The Cambridge Shakespeare Library and co-editor of Shakespeare and Race (2001) and Shakespeare and Sexuality (2001). Klappentext Selection of the best essays from the last forty years on Shakespeare's use of language. Zusammenfassung This collection considers the characteristics! excitement and unique qualities of Shakespeare's language! the relationship between language and event! and the social! theatrical and literary functions of language. A new introduction! by Jonathan Hope! explicates the differences between Shakespeare's language and our own. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Shakespeare and language: an introduction Jonathan Hope; 2. Shakespeare's language and the language of Shakespeare's time Stephen Booth; 3. The foundations of Elizabethan language Muriel St. Clare Byrne; 4. Shakespeare's talking animals Terence Hawkes; 5. Some functions of Shakespearian word-formation Vivian Salmon; 6. Shakespeare and the tune of the time Bridget Cusack; 7. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: the places of invention Jill L. Levenson; 8. Shakespeare's thematic modes of speech: Richard II to Henry V Robert Hapgood; 9. Hamlet and the power of words Inga-Stina Ewbank; 10. The art of the comic duologue in three plays by Shakespeare Robert Wilcher; 11. Hamlet's ear Philippa Berry; 12. 'Voice potential': language and symbolic capital in Othello Lynne Magnusson; 13. The aesthetics of mutilation in Titus Andronicus Albert H. Tricomi; 14. 'Time for such a word': verbal echoing in Macbeth George Walton Williams; 15. Household words: Macbeth and the failure of spectacle Lisa Hopkins; 16. Late Shakespeare: style and the sexes Russ McDonald.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Catherine M S Alexander, Catherine M. S. Alexander, Catherine M. S. (Shakespeare Institute Alexander, Catherine M.S. Alexander
• Con la collaborazione di: Catherine M. S. Alexander (Editore), Catherine M. S. (Shakespeare Institute Alexander (Editore), Alexander Catherine M. S. (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2004
• EAN: 9780521539005
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53900-5
• Pagine: 304
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; 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