Author: Sonia Massai
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429629
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
A history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage focusing on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance.
Shakespeare's Accents
Author: Sonia Massai
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429629
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
A history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage focusing on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429629
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
A history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage focusing on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance.
Shakespeare's Accents
Author: Sonia Massai
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108580645
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Voices and accents are increasingly perceived as central markers of identity in Shakespearean performance. This book presents a history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage with a focus on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance. The chapters identify key moments when English accents have caused controversy, if not public outrage. Sonia Massai examines the cultural connotations associated with different accents and how accents have catalysed concerns about national, regional and social identities that are (re)constituted in and through Shakespearean performance. She argues that theatre makers and reformers, elocutionists and historical linguists, as well as directors, actors and producers have all had a major impact on how accents have evolved and changed on the Shakespearean stage over the last four hundred years. This fascinating book offers a rich historical survey alongside close performance analysis.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108580645
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Voices and accents are increasingly perceived as central markers of identity in Shakespearean performance. This book presents a history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage with a focus on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance. The chapters identify key moments when English accents have caused controversy, if not public outrage. Sonia Massai examines the cultural connotations associated with different accents and how accents have catalysed concerns about national, regional and social identities that are (re)constituted in and through Shakespearean performance. She argues that theatre makers and reformers, elocutionists and historical linguists, as well as directors, actors and producers have all had a major impact on how accents have evolved and changed on the Shakespearean stage over the last four hundred years. This fascinating book offers a rich historical survey alongside close performance analysis.
Marxist Shakespeares
Author: Jean E. Howard
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134633041
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Marxist Shakespeares uses the rich analytic resources of the Marxist tradition to look at Shakespeare's plays afresh. The book offers new insights into the historical conditions within which Shakespeare's representations of class and gender emerged, and into Shakespeare's role in the global culture industry stretching from Hollywood to the Globe Theatre. A vital resource for students of Shakespeare which includes Marx's own readings of Shakespeare, Derrida on Marx, and also Bourdieu, Bataillle, Negri and Alice Clark.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134633041
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Marxist Shakespeares uses the rich analytic resources of the Marxist tradition to look at Shakespeare's plays afresh. The book offers new insights into the historical conditions within which Shakespeare's representations of class and gender emerged, and into Shakespeare's role in the global culture industry stretching from Hollywood to the Globe Theatre. A vital resource for students of Shakespeare which includes Marx's own readings of Shakespeare, Derrida on Marx, and also Bourdieu, Bataillle, Negri and Alice Clark.
Gothic Shakespeares
Author: John Drakakis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134104278
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
In Gothic Shakespeares, Shakespeare is considered alongside major Gothic texts and writers - from Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis and Mary Shelley, up to and including contemporary Gothic fiction and horror film. This volume offers a highly original and truly provocative account of Gothic reformulations of Shakespeare, and Shakespeare’s significance to the Gothic.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134104278
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
In Gothic Shakespeares, Shakespeare is considered alongside major Gothic texts and writers - from Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis and Mary Shelley, up to and including contemporary Gothic fiction and horror film. This volume offers a highly original and truly provocative account of Gothic reformulations of Shakespeare, and Shakespeare’s significance to the Gothic.
Alternative Shakespeares
Author: Terence Hawkes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134780753
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Alternative Shakespeares, published in 1985, shook up the world of Shakespearean studies, demythologising Shakespeare and applying new theories to the study of his work. Alternative Shakespeares: Volume 2 investigates Shakespearean criticism over a decade later, introducing new debates and new theorists into the frame. Both established scholars and new names appear here, providing a broad cross-section of contemporary Shakespearean studies, including psychoanalysis, sexual and gender politics, race and new historicism. Alternative Shakespeares: Volume 2 represents the forefront of contemporary Shakespearean studies. This urgently-needed addition to a classic work of literary criticism is one which teachers and scholars will welcome.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134780753
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Alternative Shakespeares, published in 1985, shook up the world of Shakespearean studies, demythologising Shakespeare and applying new theories to the study of his work. Alternative Shakespeares: Volume 2 investigates Shakespearean criticism over a decade later, introducing new debates and new theorists into the frame. Both established scholars and new names appear here, providing a broad cross-section of contemporary Shakespearean studies, including psychoanalysis, sexual and gender politics, race and new historicism. Alternative Shakespeares: Volume 2 represents the forefront of contemporary Shakespearean studies. This urgently-needed addition to a classic work of literary criticism is one which teachers and scholars will welcome.
Shakespeare and Modernity
Author: Hugh Grady
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134616384
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This in-depth collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years, during which time Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of pre-modern Western culture, a crucial inaugurator of modernity, and a prophet of postmodernity. This fresh look at Shakespeare's plays is an important contribution to the revival of the idea of 'modernity' and how we periodise ourselves, and Shakespeare, at the beginning of a new millennium.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134616384
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This in-depth collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years, during which time Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of pre-modern Western culture, a crucial inaugurator of modernity, and a prophet of postmodernity. This fresh look at Shakespeare's plays is an important contribution to the revival of the idea of 'modernity' and how we periodise ourselves, and Shakespeare, at the beginning of a new millennium.
Shakespeare in the Present
Author: Terence Hawkes
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415261968
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This is a stunning collection of essays by Terence Hawkes, which engage with, explain, and explore 'presentism', a new notion of literary criticism. This book suggests ways in which its principles may be applied to aspects of Shakespeare's plays.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415261968
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This is a stunning collection of essays by Terence Hawkes, which engage with, explain, and explore 'presentism', a new notion of literary criticism. This book suggests ways in which its principles may be applied to aspects of Shakespeare's plays.
Shakespeare and Appropriation
Author: Christy Desmet
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415207266
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
This fascinating collection of original essays show how writer's efforts to intimate, contradict, compete with, and reproduce Shakespeare keep him in the cultural conversation.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415207266
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
This fascinating collection of original essays show how writer's efforts to intimate, contradict, compete with, and reproduce Shakespeare keep him in the cultural conversation.
Shakespeare and Feminist Performance
Author: Sarah Werner
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415227308
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
In this controversial new book, Sarah Werner argues that the text of a Shakespeare play is only one of the many factors that give a performance its meaning.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415227308
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
In this controversial new book, Sarah Werner argues that the text of a Shakespeare play is only one of the many factors that give a performance its meaning.
Shakespeare on Toast
Author: Ben Crystal
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 178578031X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Actor, producer and director Ben Crystal revisits his acclaimed book on Shakespeare for the 400th anniversary of his death, updating and adding three new chapters. Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of the Bard, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling, uplifting drama. The bright words and colourful characters of the greatest hack writer are brought brilliantly to life, sweeping cobwebs from the Bard – his language, his life, his world, his sounds, his craft. Crystal reveals man and work as relevant, accessible and alive – and, astonishingly, finds Shakespeare's own voice amid the poetry. Whether you're studying Shakespeare for the first time or you've never set foot near one of his plays but have always wanted to, this book smashes down the walls that have been built up around this untouchable literary figure. Told in five fascinating Acts, this is quick, easy and good for you. Just like beans on toast.
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 178578031X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Actor, producer and director Ben Crystal revisits his acclaimed book on Shakespeare for the 400th anniversary of his death, updating and adding three new chapters. Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of the Bard, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling, uplifting drama. The bright words and colourful characters of the greatest hack writer are brought brilliantly to life, sweeping cobwebs from the Bard – his language, his life, his world, his sounds, his craft. Crystal reveals man and work as relevant, accessible and alive – and, astonishingly, finds Shakespeare's own voice amid the poetry. Whether you're studying Shakespeare for the first time or you've never set foot near one of his plays but have always wanted to, this book smashes down the walls that have been built up around this untouchable literary figure. Told in five fascinating Acts, this is quick, easy and good for you. Just like beans on toast.