Download or read book Shakespeare s Animals written by William Shakespeare and published by Pavilion Books, Limited. This book was released on 1995 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bears, dogs, foxes, goats, greyhounds, harts, stags, toads - are the many animal characteristics with which Shakespeare imbues his characters. This gift book contains selections of animal imagery from Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies, history plays and poetry. A general introduction places the animals in the context of mythological beliefs and everyday life in 16th-century England. The illustrations are taken from an early Tudor pattern book housed in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Animals written by Karen Raber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare’s plays have a long and varied performance history. The relevance of his plays in literary studies cannot be understated, but only recently have scholars been looking into the presence and significance of animals within the canon. Readers will quickly find—without having to do extensive research—that the plays are teeming with animals! In this Handbook, Karen Raber and Holly Dugan delve deep into Shakespeare’s World to illuminate and understand the use of animals in his span of work. This volume supplies a valuable resource, offering a broad and thorough grounding in the many ways animal references and the appearance of actual animals in the plays can be interpreted. It provides a thorough overview; demonstrates rigorous, original research; and charts new frontiers in the field through a broad variety of contributions from an international group of well-known and respected scholars.
Download or read book Shakespeares imagery written by Maria Rauschenberger and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare and Animals written by Karen Raber and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopaedic account of animals in Shakespeare's plays and poems, provides readers with a much-needed resource by which to navigate the recent outpouring of critical and historical work on the topic. This dictionary extends its coverage to include insects, fish and mythic creatures, as well as the places, practices and lore pertaining to all animal-oriented experiences of early modern life. It emphasizes the role of animality in defining character, and is attentive to the instabilities of the human-animal boundary as they were theatrically represented, exploited and interrogated, but it is also concerned with the material presence of animals on stage and in everyday life in Shakespeare's world. The volume is a new tool for instructors, but is also a resource for critics and scholars in the many disciplines engaged with animal studies, posthumanist theory, ecostudies and cultural studies.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Imagery and What it Tells Us written by Caroline F. E. Spurgeon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1935 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the ways in which Shakespeare's imagery functions to reveal literary and personal motives.
Download or read book The Development of Shakespeare s Imagery written by Wolfgang Clemen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1951. The edition reprints the second, updated, edition, of 1977. When first published this book quickly established itself as the standard survey of Shakespeare's imagery considered as an integral part of the development of Shakespeare's dramatic art. By illustrating, through the use of examples the progressive stages of Shakespeare's use of imagery, and in relating it to the structure, style and subject matter of the plays, the book throws new light on the dramatist's creative genius. The second edition includes a new preface and an up-to-date bibliography.
Download or read book Studying Shakespeare written by Katherine Armstrong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a concise single volume guide to studying Shakespeare, covering practical as well as theoretical issues. The text deals with the major topics on a chapter-by-chapter basis, starting with why we study Shakespeare, through Shakespeare and multimedia, to a final chapter on Shakespeare and Theory. Current trends and recent developments in Shakespearean studies are also discussed, with an emphasis on the contextualisation of Shakespeare, historical appropriations of his work and the debate concerning his place in the literary canon. Extensive reference is made to a variety of developing media, e.g. film, audio cassette, video, CD-Rom and global digital networks, bringing the study of Shakespeare into the twentieth century.
Download or read book Aspects of Shakespeare s Problem Plays written by Kenneth Muir and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-02-18 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These articles, reprinted from various volumes of Shakespeare Survey, concern three plays which have gradually become appreciated by critics and in the theatre. Since the early years of this century they have been seen as an interrelated group, with a peculiarly twentieth-century appeal. Measure for Measure, concerned as it is with adolescents' first encounters with sex, love and death, has a special appeal for young people; Troilus and Cressida, set in the Trojan War, has been found deeply relevant to our own war-troubled times; and All's Well That Ends Well, sharing these preoccupations, is a necessary companion piece. John Barton, who has directed all three plays, is interviewed in one of the articles, which together illustrate the often heated controversy about the plays. Reviews and photographs of post-war productions at Stratford are also included. The book as a whole is designed as a stimulating introduction to these plays and to conflicting interpretations of them.
Download or read book Posthumanist Shakespeares written by S. Herbrechter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare scholars and cultural theorists critically investigate the relationship between early modern culture and contemporary political and technological changes concerning the idea of the 'human.' The volume covers the tragedies King Lear and Hamlet in particular, but also provides posthumanist readings of other Shakespearean plays.
Download or read book Shakespeare Survey Volume 60 Theatres for Shakespeare written by Peter Holland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. The theme for Shakespeare Survey 60 is 'Theatres for Shakespeare'.
Download or read book Shakespeare Survey written by Allardyce Nicoll and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1955-01-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first fifty volumes of this yearbook of Shakespeare studies are being reissued in paperback.
Download or read book Timon of Athens Shakespeare s Pessimistic Tragedy written by Rolf Soellner and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dramatic Strategies in the Plays of Edward Bond written by Jenny S. Spencer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-12-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Jenny Spencer presents an in-depth examination of Bond's work.
Download or read book From Chaucer s Pardoner to Shakespeare s Iago written by Maik Goth and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages the American critic Harold Bloom claims that Shakespeare drew on Chaucer's Pardoner when creating the villain Iago for his Othello. This book turns Bloom's observation of influences within the canon of Western literature into a more complex intermedial analysis of dramatic and literary traditions at the waning of the Middle Ages and the dawn of the Renaissance. The discussion of verbal and non-verbal codes in Chaucer's presentation of the Pardoner and Shakespeare's depiction of Iago sheds light on the various strands of the Vice's development, and shows that Chaucer's pilgrim, who descends obliquely from the stage Vices, stands at the very beginning of the Vice tradition, while Iago is a late development of him, who adapts his role to new dramatic challenges.
Download or read book Study Guide to King Lear by William Shakespeare written by Intelligent Education and published by Influence Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespeare’s King Lear, listed as one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. As a theatrical work of the seventeenth-century, King Lear provides commentary on power dynamics within family and political structures. Moreover, it shows how the use of imagery in a narrative contributes to the overall meaning. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Shakespeare’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.
Download or read book Shakespeare s 100 Greatest Dramatic Images written by Claire Saunders and published by Pari Publishing (USA). This book was released on 2008 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shakespeare's 100 Greatest Dramatic Images is an entertaining, illuminating and witty guide to the complete plays. It begins with a series of imaginative word-games which entice readers into an appreciation of some of the language's richest poetry. The 'images' are then placed within the context of the plays themselves. Moving nearly between word-play and analysis, the book's ingenious format makes it accessible to all readers."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Shakespeare Handbook written by Andrew Hiscock and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature and Culture Handbooks are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture. Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. Written in clear language by leading academics, they provide an indispensable introduction to key topics, including: • Introduction to authors, texts, historical and cultural contexts • Guides to key critics, concepts and topics • An overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research • Case studies in reading literary and critical texts • Annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms. The Shakespeare Handbook is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare and early modern literature.
