Shakespeare / / Gabriel Egan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Egan, Gabriel,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature : ECGL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 1 B/W illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Series Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Chronology --; Introduction --; Part I Dramatic Genres --; Chapter 1 Comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado about Nothing --; Chapter 2 Histories: Richard 2 and Henry 5 --; Chapter 3 Tragedies: Hamlet and Othello --; Chapter 4 Problem Plays and Romances: All’s Well that Ends Well and The Winter’s Tale --; Part II Critical Approaches --; Chapter 5 Authority and Authorship: Measure for Measure --; Chapter 6 Performance: Macbeth --; Chapter 7 Identities: The Tempest --; Chapter 8 Materialism: Timon of Athens --; Conclusion --; Student Resources --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748630165; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748630165
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gabriel Egan.

This book helps the reader make sense of the most commonly studied writer in the world. It starts with a brief explanation of how Shakespeare's writings have come down to us as a series of scripts for actors in the early modern theatre industry of London. The main chapters of the book approach the texts through a series of questions: 'what's changed since Shakespeare's time?', 'to what uses has Shakespeare been put?', and 'what value is there in Shakespeare?' These questions go to the heart of why we study Shakespeare at all, which question the book encourages the readers to answer for themselves in relation to their own critical writing.Key Features A chronology of Shakespeare's career as an actor/dramatist that locates him within the theatre industry of his timeNew readings of twelve plays that form a core of the Shakespeare canon: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard 2, Henry 5, Hamlet, Othello, All's Well that Ends Well, The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Tempest, and Timon of AthensCritical analyses organized by genre (comedies, histories, tragedies, and romance) and by four key critical approaches: authorship, performance, identities, and materialismAn extensive resources section, including a glossary of the important critical terms that are often used in debates about Shakespeare