Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Montaigne
Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Montaigne

Author: Hugh Grady

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780199257607

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The four plays of Shakespeare's Henriad and the slightly later Hamlet brilliantly explore interconnections between political power and interior subjectivity as productions of the newly emerging constellation we call modernity. Hugh Grady argues that for Shakespeare subjectivity was a critical, negative mode of resistance to power--not, as many recent critics have asserted, its abettor.

Special Section, Shakespeare and Montaigne Revisited
Special Section, Shakespeare and Montaigne Revisited

Author: Graham Bradshaw

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 980

ISBN-13: 9780754655893

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This year including a special section on "Shakespeare and Montaigne Revisited," The Shakespearean International Yearbook continues to provide an annual survey of important issues and developments in contemporary Shakespeare studies. Contributors to this issue come from the US and the UK, Canada, Sweden, Japan and Australia. This issue includes an interview with veteran American actor Alvin Epstein during his recent acclaimed performance of King Lear for the Actors' Shakespeare project in Boston.

Shakespeare's Essays
Shakespeare's Essays

Author: Peter G. Platt

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2020-07-31

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1474463428

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Through sustained close-readings of Montaigne's essays and Shakespeare's plays, Platt explores both authors' approaches to self, knowledge and form that stress fractures, interruptions and alternatives.

Library Association Record
Library Association Record

Author: Library Association

Publisher:

Published: 1923

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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Proceedings of the 22d-33d annual conference of the Library Association in v. 1-12; proceedings of the 34th-44th, 47th-57th annual conference issued as a supplement to v. 13-23, new ser. v. 3-ser. 4, v. 1.

Adaptations of Shakespeare
Adaptations of Shakespeare

Author: Daniel Fischlin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1134692021

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Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various, often surprising, ways since the seventeenth century. This groundbreaking anthology brings together twelve theatrical adaptations of Shakespeares work from around the world and across the centuries. The plays include The Woman's Prize or the Tamer Tamed John Fletcher The History of King Lear Nahum Tate King Stephen: A Fragment of a Tragedy John Keats The Public (El P(blico) Federico Garcia Lorca The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Bertolt Brecht uMabatha Welcome Msomi Measure for Measure Charles Marowitz Hamletmachine Heiner Müller Lears Daughters The Womens Theatre Group & Elaine Feinstein Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel This Islands Mine Philip Osment Harlem Duet Djanet Sears Each play is introduced by a concise, informative introduction with suggestions for further reading. The collection is prefaced by a detailed General Introduction, which offers an invaluable examination of issues related to