Shakespeare's Sources
Comedies and Tragedies
1st Edition
Published on 11. October 2013
296 pages
978-1-136-55677-7 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1957.
This book finds discovers what the sources to Shakespeare's Comedies and Tragedies really were, considers the dramatic reasons for Shakespeare's departure from them and provides many examples of the way in which he made use of his general reading for particular scenes and speeches. Kenneth Muir shows that Shakespeare frequently uses more than one source and sometimes as many as eight.
This book finds discovers what the sources to Shakespeare's Comedies and Tragedies really were, considers the dramatic reasons for Shakespeare's departure from them and provides many examples of the way in which he made use of his general reading for particular scenes and speeches. Kenneth Muir shows that Shakespeare frequently uses more than one source and sometimes as many as eight.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
5,43 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-55677-7 (9781136556777)
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Book
03/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
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Book
12/2004
1st Edition
Routledge
€462.50
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Person
Kenneth Muir
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Early Plays; Chapter 3 Mature Comedies; Chapter 4 Problem Plays; Chapter 5 Great Tragedies I; Chapter 6 Great Tragedies II; Chapter 7 The Roman Plays; Chapter 8 Last Plays; Chapter 9 Conclusion;
