Limit search to available items
Record 48 of 55
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
E-book
Author Dolan, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1960- author.

Title Twelfth night : language and writing / Frances E. Dolan
Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury, [2014]

Copies

Description 1 online resource
Series Arden student skills
Arden student skills.
Contents FC; Half title; Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Preface; Introduction -- ways in; Periodization; Starting with when and where; Mapping the characters; Boy actors, cross-dressing and sexuality; Queen Elizabeth I; Malvolio and puritanism; Opening strategies; 1 Language in print: 'tis poetical; The first scene; Parts of speech; Verse and prose; The hunting conceit; Like a cloistress: Talking about Olivia; Carpe diem; Blazon; Writing matters; 2 Language, character and plot
Speakers and their speeches: Pronouns and conditionals in 2.4 and 5.1Language and plot; Writing matters; 3 Language through time; Bears, baiting and other animal imagery; Cut; Suit; Metal/meddle/mettle; Nature's bias; Writing matters; 4 From reading to writing; What can we make of what isn't said? What does silence tell us?; What are you? Proof and plot; What does it take to create an ending?; What does the plot do?; What makes for a good marriage in Illyria? Is marriage a happy ending?; 'A candle and pen, ink, and paper': Getting down to the business of writing; Bibliography
Summary Frances E. Dolan examines the puzzling pronouns and puns, the love poetry, mischief, and disguises of Twelfth Night, exploring its themes of grief, obsessive love, social climbing and gender identity, and helping you towards your own close-readings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism, Textual.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William) fast
Subject English language -- Study and teaching.
Shakespeare studies & criticism.
DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English language -- Study and teaching
Language and languages
Theater
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781472518323
1472518322
9781472518330
1472518330
9781472518316
1472518314