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Author Palfrey, Simon

Title Doing Shakespeare
Edition 2nd ed
Published London : A & C Black, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (372 pages)
Series Arden Student Guides
Arden Student Guides
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Shakespeare's Difficulty and Excessiveness; Part II: Words as Action; Part III: Making Characters; Part IV: In Search of the Individual; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index of Characters; Index of Plays; General Index
Summary A throroughly revised edition of the successful student text Doing Shakespeare, first published in 2005. The book's success lies in the close readings it gives students, demystifying the language of the plays and critical approaches to it. The new edition introduces a new way of approaching Shakespeare's text, through ideas of performance and the actor's role and restructures the content to make it easier to navigate. Simon Palfrey takes a direct approach to the common difficulties faced by students "doing" Shakespeare and tackles them head on in a no-nonsense style which makes the b
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study and teaching.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Subject Education
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781408139141
1408139146