Shakespeare's Shakespeare
How the Plays Were Made
Published on 17. December 2015
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4742-4744-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this work of scholarship and creativity, Meagher argues that Shakespeare has been misunderstood because of a failure to recognize his own directions as a playwright. Through an examination of several of his plays Meagher uncovers Shakespeare as artist, director, and actor.
Reviews / Votes
With critical finesse and through balanced explanations ... Meagher demonstrates that what governed Shakespeare's aesthetics had nothing to do with the modern notion of unitary principles. * Memoria di Shakespeare *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4742-4744-3 (9781474247443)
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E-Book
12/2015
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
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Person
John Meagher was Professor of English and Theology at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, Canada.
Content
Preface
1 If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will
What this is about, and why it is needed
2 How Long Is't Now Since Last Your Self And I Were In A Masque?
How we lost, and may recover, Shakespeare's own dramaturgy
3 A Local Habitation, And A Name
A self-portrait of the artist as a dramaturge
4 In Short Space, It Rain's Down Fortune
Shakespeare's use of space and place
5 Devise The Fittest Time, And Safest Way
Shakespeare's treatment of time and continuity
6 And I May Hide My Face, Let Me Play Thisby Too
The dramaturgy and dramatics of role-doubling
7 A Good Plot, Good Friends, And Full Of Expectation
Shakespeare's plotting of plays and management of sources
8 Stuffed, As They Say, With Honorable Parts
Shakespeare's dramaturgy of character
9 A Taste Of Your Quality: Come, A Passionate Speech
Shakespeare's language, especially his dramatic verse and prose
10 The Purpose Of Playing ... At The First And Now
The aims of Shakespearean dramaturgy
Notes
1 If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will
What this is about, and why it is needed
2 How Long Is't Now Since Last Your Self And I Were In A Masque?
How we lost, and may recover, Shakespeare's own dramaturgy
3 A Local Habitation, And A Name
A self-portrait of the artist as a dramaturge
4 In Short Space, It Rain's Down Fortune
Shakespeare's use of space and place
5 Devise The Fittest Time, And Safest Way
Shakespeare's treatment of time and continuity
6 And I May Hide My Face, Let Me Play Thisby Too
The dramaturgy and dramatics of role-doubling
7 A Good Plot, Good Friends, And Full Of Expectation
Shakespeare's plotting of plays and management of sources
8 Stuffed, As They Say, With Honorable Parts
Shakespeare's dramaturgy of character
9 A Taste Of Your Quality: Come, A Passionate Speech
Shakespeare's language, especially his dramatic verse and prose
10 The Purpose Of Playing ... At The First And Now
The aims of Shakespearean dramaturgy
Notes