Description |
1 online resource (372 pages) |
Series |
Arden Student Guides |
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Arden Student Guides
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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 |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study and teaching.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
Subject |
Education
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781408139141 |
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1408139146 |
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