Author: Sandra ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The Hutchinson Shakespeare Dictionary
Author: Sandra ClarkThe Shakespeare Name and Place Dictionary
Author: J. Madison DavisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136640355
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Entries provide the likely sources for a name; describe historical and mythological backgrounds; examine Shakespeare's presentation of a character or place; and suggest various interpretations of a name. Each entry contains line citations to William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, edited by Wells and Taylor, Oxford University Press, 1986.
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music
Author: Barrie JonesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135950180
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music, in 7,500 entries, retains the breadth of coverage, clarity, and accessibility of the highly acclaimed Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Music, from which it is derived. Tracing its lineage to the Everyman Dictionary of Music, now out of print, it boasts a distinguished heritage of the finest musical scholarship. This book provides comprehensive coverage of theoretical and technical music terminology, embracing the many genres and forms of classical music, clearly illustrated with examples. It also provides core information on composers and comprehensive lists of works from the earliest exponents of polyphony to present-day composers.
The Shakespeare Name Dictionary
Author: J. Madison DavisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135875715
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Entries provide the likely sources for a name; describe historical and mythological backgrounds; examine Shakespeare's presentation of a character or place; and suggest various interpretations of a name. Each entry contains line citations to William Shakespeare: The Complete Works. A guide to the historical, mythological, fictional, and geographic references that appear in Shakespeare's complete plays and poems, covering every name, proper adjective, official title, literary and mystical title, and place name.
Hutchinson Shakespeare Dictionary
Author: Helicon Publishing Ltd. StaffPublisher:
ISBN: 9781859862513
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems
Author: Peter HylandPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0230802400
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems provides a lively and informed examination of Shakespeare's non-dramatic poetry: the narrative poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece; the Sonnets; and various minor poems, including some only recently attributed to Shakespeare. Peter Hyland locates Shakespeare as a sceptical voice within the turbulent social context in which Elizabethan professional poets had to work, and relates his poems to the tastes, values and political pressures of his time. Hyland also explores how Shakespeare's poetry can be of interest to twenty-first century readers.
The Literary Language of Shakespeare
Author: S.S. HusseyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317896157
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Professor Hussey looks at the vocabulary, syntax and register of Renaissance English, following this with a more detailed analysis of particular kinds of language in the plays such as prose, verse, rhetoric and the soliloquy. For this new edition, the text has been revised throughout with, in particular, a completely new chapter providing detailed readings of selected plays, illustrating the ways particular aspects of language can be studied in practice.
Good Will: Shakespeare's Novel Life
Author: Arthur W. WigginsPublisher: First Edition Design Pub.
ISBN: 1506908454
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
How did a simple glover's son with a Stratford grammar school education become the world's greatest playwright? It wasn't easy. This book intersperses family and financial challenges with sparse documented facts to provide a plausible, entertaining story of Shakespeare's life. Easy to read, accessible, and lively, this book provides a wide range of readers a unique opportunity to enjoy his works by visiting the root of his genius. Play-goers, students, book club members or anyone with curiosity about Shakespeare may enjoy this behind-the-scenes view, based on 25 years of study and travel by experienced educators and writers.
A Reference Guide for English Studies
Author: Michael J. MarcusePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520321871
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2816
Book Description
Shakespeare
Author: Dr. Surinder Mohan DevgunPublisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1482838060
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
William Shakespeare not only influenced the theatre of his contemporary age, but his influence on theatre comes down to our own age. His stagecraft, theatre architecture, and theatrical effects leave an indelible influence on Greek, Roman, Indian, Kabuki, and Western Theatre. This stagecraft of Shakespearean theatre helped the smooth and spontaneous flow of the action. This encompassed the human emotions and feelings. It proved purgative for the human heart. Shakespeare enlivened the printed page of the drama. The present work describes the comparative study of various theatre forms of East and West. Shakespeare successfully established a deep emotional relationship between the actors and the audience. The theatre became a passionate urge for the people with Shakespeare.