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Shakespeare [electronic resource]: The Art of the Dramatist

Author
Frye, Roland Mushat
Published
Abingdon : Taylor & Francis Group Oct. 2013 London : EBL - Ebook Library [Distributor]
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Annotation This edition first published in 1982. Previous edition published in 1972 by Houghton Mifflin.Outlining methods and techniques for reading Shakespeare's plays, Roland Frye explores and develops a comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare's drama, focussing on the topics which must be kept in mind: the formative influence of the particular genre chosen for telling a story, the way in which the story is narrated and dramatized, the styles used to convey action, character and mood, and the manner in which Shakespeare has constructed his living characterizations.As well as covering textual analysis, the book looks at Shakespeare's life and career, his theatres and the actors for whom he wrote and the process of printing and preserving Shakespeare's plays.Chapters cover: King Lear in the Renaissance; Providence; Kind; Fortune; Anarchy and Order; Reason and Will; Show and Substance; Redemption and Shakespeare's Poetics.
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9781136561535
1136561536 (E-Book)
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