Shakespearean Meanings / / Sigurd Burckhardt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Burckhardt, Sigurd,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2356
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)

Mr. Burckhardt does not discuss the plays as theatre. Instead he states: "This book is concerned with what Shakespeare meant. I believe that Shakespeare's plays, to put it bluntly, have messages and that these messages are discoverable, in fact, statable. Shakespeare not only abides our questions, he tells us what questions to ask; he took infinite pains to be precisely understood."Originally published in 1968.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. HOW NOT TO MURDER CAESAR -- II. THE POET AS FOOL AND PRIEST: A DISCOURSE ON METHOD -- III. "I AM BUT SHADOW OF MYSELF": CEREMONY AND DESIGN IN I HENRY VI -- IV. SHAKESPEARE, PEELE, AND THE KING OF SCOTS -- V. KING JOHN: THE ORDERING OF THIS PRESENT TIME -- VI. "SWOLL'N WITH SOME OTHER GRIEF": SHAKESPEARE'S PRINCE H A L TRILOGY -- VII. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE: THE GENTLE BOND -- VIII. KING LEAR: THE QUALITY OF NOTHING -- IX. THE KING'S LANGUAGE: SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMA A S SOCIAL DISCOVERY -- APPENDIX: NOTES ON THE THEORY OF INTRINSIC INTERPRETATION -- INDEX