Shakespeare and the Story : Aspects of Creation
by
Joan Rees
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1472506545
ISBN-13
9781472506542
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 7th, 2013
Print length
239 Pages
Weight
532 grams
Dimensions
24.20 x 16.00 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Shakespeare studies & criticism
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It is a commonplace of Shakespeare criticism that he invented few of the plots of his plays and the sources he drew upon have been often and rewardingly studied. The emphasis of this book, however, is not on sources but on what may be called Shakespeare’s story-telling technique especially as seen in the articulation and pacing of events. Ranging widely through the canon, the book identifies characteristic problems and achievements which occur in the course of Shakespeare’s handling of his story material. Different aspects of Shakespeare’s treatment of, and attitude to, story are studied with reference groups of plays and, in two final chapters, essays on Hamlet and King Lear apply and extend the findings of the preceding discussions. The point of view adopted serves, above all, to bring out the vitality and resourcefulness of Shakespeare’s creative imagination, recognition of which must underpin all commentary but may easily be lost to sight in the increasing sophistication of criticism and scholarship.
It is a commonplace of Shakespeare criticism that he invented few of the plots of his plays and the sources he drew upon have been often and rewardingly studied. The emphasis of this book, however, is not on sources but on what may be called Shakespeare’s story-telling technique especially as seen in the articulation and pacing of events. Ranging widely through the canon, the book identifies characteristic problems and achievements which occur in the course of Shakespeare’s handling of his story material. Different aspects of Shakespeare’s treatment of, and attitude to, story are studied with reference groups of plays and, in two final chapters, essays on Hamlet and King Lear apply and extend the findings of the preceding discussions. The point of view adopted serves, above all, to bring out the vitality and resourcefulness of Shakespeare’s creative imagination, recognition of which must underpin all commentary but may easily be lost to sight in the increasing sophistication of criticism and scholarship.
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