The Arden Introduction to Reading Shakespeare
Close Reading and Analysis
1st Edition
Published on 20. September 2018
176 pages
978-1-4725-8105-1 (ISBN)
Description
Shakespeare's plays are works of art made out of words. To read the plays closely, that is, to pay careful attention to the multiple, shifting meanings of and relationships between their words, is to gain a deep and lasting appreciation for the complex artistry of their construction and of their effects. In fourteen chapters, the book takes readers on a guided tour through some of the most productive sites in Shakespeare's plays for analysis, providing an introduction to the practice of reading Shakespeare's plays closely, and some examples of the interpretive work that such close reading can enable. Topics of analysis include verbal patterning, dramatic structure, staging and stage directions, soliloquies and character-construction and poetic meter.
This is an ideal teaching text for introductory courses on Shakespeare. Offering a wide range of examples from nearly all of Shakespeare's plays, it will give students the analytical tools they need to develop sustained close readings of their own.
This is an ideal teaching text for introductory courses on Shakespeare. Offering a wide range of examples from nearly all of Shakespeare's plays, it will give students the analytical tools they need to develop sustained close readings of their own.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-8105-1 (9781472581051)
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09/2018
The Arden Shakespeare
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Person
Jeremy Lopez is Professor of English at Montclair State University, USA, and the Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly.
Content
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part 1
1 The Title
2 Stage Directions
3 Scenes
4 The Whole Play
Part 2
5 First Words
6 The First Act
7 Act Three
8 Acts Two and Four
9 The Last Act
10 Last Words
Part 3
11 Patterned Language
12 Characters
Part 4
13 Meter
14 Textual Variation
Epilogue
Suggested further reading
Index
Preface
Part 1
1 The Title
2 Stage Directions
3 Scenes
4 The Whole Play
Part 2
5 First Words
6 The First Act
7 Act Three
8 Acts Two and Four
9 The Last Act
10 Last Words
Part 3
11 Patterned Language
12 Characters
Part 4
13 Meter
14 Textual Variation
Epilogue
Suggested further reading
Index
