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Author: Bidyut Chakrabarty
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780415352826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a balanced account of the complex processes that finally culminated in the fragmentation of South Asia following decolonization.
Author: Philip Edwards
Publisher:
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780416701708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: B. J. Sokol
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-01-25
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1350021946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study of the many poets, musicians and visual artists portrayed or described in Shakespeare's plays and poems reveals a fascination with art and its makers that continued to influence Shakespeare's work throughout his career. It also uncovers unexpected aspects of an enthusiastic Elizabethan consumption of artworks, an enthusiasm that had significant bearing on the quite new profession that Shakespeare himself followed. A high valuation placed on art and artists, and at the same time certain fears of these and fears for these, made for a very complex reception of the figure of the artist, and Shakespeare's treatments were equal to that complexity.
Author: Imtiaz H. Habib
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780945636373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe presentation of a complex character such as Shylock bears resemblance to the technique of anamorphic portraiture and trick perspective in the sense that, seen one way he appears a villain, but seen another way he appears a persecuted victim. The clashing and merging of opposed frames of ideological reference that cannot be held apart or resolved and that remain in a kind of uneasy balance may be a technique of comic characterization that exploits relativism and ambiguity in the presentation of human personality and self on stage. A similar technique can be seen at work in the Histories in the characters of Richard and Bolingbroke, who, as has long been noted, compete contrarily for the audience's ideological sympathies over the course of the play.
Author: Wolfgang Clemen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-11
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1136559361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1968. Providing a detailed and rigorous analysis of Richard III, this Commentary reveals every nuance of meaning whilst maintaining a firm grasp on the structure of the play. The result is an outstanding lesson in the methodology of Shakespearian criticism as well as an essential study for students of the early plays of Shakespeare.
Author: Wolfgang Clemen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1135032858
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1951. The edition reprints the second, updated, edition, of 1977. When first published this book quickly established itself as the standard survey of Shakespeare's imagery considered as an integral part of the development of Shakespeare's dramatic art. By illustrating, through the use of examples the progressive stages of Shakespeare's use of imagery, and in relating it to the structure, style and subject matter of the plays, the book throws new light on the dramatist's creative genius. The second edition includes a new preface and an up-to-date bibliography.
Author: Kenneth Muir
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-04
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1317833414
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1977. This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan dramatists took such pains as Shakespeare in the collection of source-material. Frequently the sources were apparently incompatible, but Shakespeare's ability to combine a chronicle play, one or two prose chronicles, two poems and a pastoral romance without any sense of incongruity, was masterly. The plays are examined in approximately chronological order and Shakespeare's developing skill becomes evident.
Author: Pauline Kiernan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-07-23
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780521633581
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy did Shakespeare write drama? Did he have specific reasons for his choice of this art form? Did he have clearly defined aesthetic aims in what he wanted drama to do - and why? Pauline Kiernan opens up a new area of debate for Shakespearean criticism in showing that a radical, complex defence of drama which challenged the Renaissance orthodox view of poetry, history and art can be traced in Shakespeare's plays and poems. This study, first published in 1996, examines different stages in the canon to show that far from being restricted by the 'limitations' of drama, Shakespeare consciously exploits its capacity to accommodate temporality and change, and its reliance on the physical presence of the actor. This lively, readable book offers an original and scholarly insight into what Shakespeare wanted his drama to do and why.
Author: Armelle Sabatier
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-11-17
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1472568079
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStatues coming to life and lively portraits ready to breathe in Shakespeare? This new volume re-assesses the key role played by visual culture in his drama and poetry by providing readers with an up-to-date guide to the main publications on the subject as well as offering a synthesis on the main literary and historical sources for inspiration. While scrutinising the complex issue of image on an Elizabethan stage and exploring the codification of colours in Shakespeare's poetry, this dictionary highlights the fierce rivalry between the poet, the dramatist and the visual artist. This volume will be of great interest and value to students of Shakespeare, students of art history or anyone working on the interdisciplinary subject of literature and art.
Author: B. I. Evans
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1136560769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1952. This volume explores the function of verse in drama and the developing way in which Shakespeare controlled the rhetorical and decorative elements of speech for the dramatic purpose. The Language of Shakespeare's Plays explores the plays chronologically and so covers all the outstanding problems of Shakespearian language in a way that makes reference easy, without any loss of a continuing narrative.
