| Description |
xii, 523 pages ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 3 |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 3
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| Contents |
1. Shakespeare and the "Element" he Lived in / David Scott Kastan -- 2. Shakespeare the Man / David Bevington -- 3. Shakespeare's England / Norman Jones -- 4. Shakespeare's London / Ian W. Archer -- 5. Religious Identities in Shakespeare's England / Peter Lake -- 6. The Family and the Household / Susan Dwyer Amussen -- 7. Shakespeare and Political Thought / Martin Dzelzainis -- 8. Political Culture / David Harris Sacks -- 9. "The Great Variety of Readers" and Early Modern Reading Practices / Heidi Brayman Hackel -- 10. Reading the Bible / David Daniell -- 11. Reading the Classics / Robert S. Miola -- 12. The Shapes of History / D. R. Woolf -- 13. Reading Vernacular Literature / Diana E. Henderson and James Siemon -- 14. Professional Playwrighting / Scott McMillin -- 15. Shakespeare's 'Natiue English' / Jonathan Hope -- 16. Hearing Shakespeare's Dramatic Verse / George T. Wright -- 17. Shakespeare and Rhetorical Culture / Peter G. Platt |
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18. Shakespeare and Genre / Jean E. Howard -- 19. The Economics of Playing / William Ingram -- 20. The Chamberlain's-King's Men / S. P. Cerasano -- 21. Shakespeare's Repertory / Roslyn L. Knutson -- 22. Shakespeare's Playhouses / Andrew Gurr -- 23. Licensing and Censorship / Richard Dutton -- 24. Shakespeare in Print, 1593-1640 / Thomas L. Berger and Jesse M. Lander -- 25. "Precious Few": English Manuscript Playbooks / William B. Long -- 26. The Craft of Printing (1600) / Laurie E. Maguire -- 27. The London Book-Trade in 1600 / Mark Bland -- 28. Liberty, License, and Authority: Press Censorship and Shakespeare / Cyndia Susan Clegg -- 29. Shakespeare: The Myth / Michael D. Bristol |
| Summary |
This Companion to Shakespeare is for students and teachers of Shakespeare, indeed for anyone with an interest in his plays. It offers a remarkably innovative and comprehensive picture of the theatrical, literary, intellectual, and social worlds in which Shakespeare wrote and in which his plays were produced. Each individual essay stands as an authoritative account of the state of knowledge in its field, and in their totality the essays provide a new and compelling portrait of the historical conditions, both imaginative and institutional, that enabled (and in some cases inhibited) Shakespeare's great art |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Contemporary England
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Literature and history -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Books and reading -- England -- History.
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Printing -- England -- History.
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Theater -- England -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Civilization -- 16th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043275
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England -- Civilization -- 17th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043276
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| Author |
Kastan, David Scott.
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| LC no. |
98035699 |
| ISBN |
0631206655 alkaline paper |
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