Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Shakespeare

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

This volume takes readers into the wonderful world of the Bard. For scholars, theatre lovers, students - everyone - this book wraps nearly 400 years of "Bardology" into a concise package. The authors examine the whole dramatic canon, play by play, including works of questionable authorship. The long poems and sonnets are also covered. The book includes inside stories on theatre and film productions, "alternate" interpretations of the plays, Shakespeare's status around the world, the clubs and societies, the mysterious life, even the question that has plagued critics for 100 years: whether Shakespeare wrote the works attributed to him.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-06-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780826412508

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Dick Riley's novels and plays include collaboration on the best-selling Black Sunday (with Thomas Harris), Rite of Expiation, and the drama Middleman Out. He lives in White Plains, New York. Pam McAllister is the author of ten books, including three others in Continuum's Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion series which she co-authored with Dick Riley, on Shakespeare (2001), Sherlock Holmes (1999), and Agatha Christie (1979). Her other books include Death Defying: Dismantling the Execution Machinery in 21st Century U.S.A. (Continuum, 2003) about ending capital punishment and two books about women's use of nonviolent action for social justice. In 1982, she edited the groundbreaking anthology Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence (New Society Publishers), which the Village Voice called "one of the most important books you'll ever read." She currently writes a column for The Progressive Christian magazine.

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"With an engaging blend of homage and irreverence, this book renders accessible the Bard's entire oeuvre." --Publishers Weekly

Innehållsförteckning

-The Glover's Boy from Stratford: The Unremarkable Life of William Shakespeare-Renaissance England: The Cult of Elizabeth-The ups and downs of Everyday Life in Shakespeare's London-When "Gooseturd Green" Was All the Rage: Elizabethan Fashions-Maps of Shakespeare's England and London -Fools, Clowns, and Jesters-All the World's a Stage: The Wooden "O" of the Elizabethan Theater-The Elizabethan Oscars-Ten Words Any Shakespeare Reader Needs to Know-Was Shakespeare Really Shakespeare? -Bardolatry and Its Enemies: The History of the "Shakespearean Industry"-The First Folio - and What Isn't in It-The Shakespearean Moons of Uranus-Women in Elizabeth's England-The Music Ho! Renaissance Rhythms, Highbrow and Low-The Creativity of the Shakespearean Insult-The Fair Youth, a Rival Poet, and the Dark Lady: The Sonnets as Soap Opera-Great Lines He Didn't Write-"Our Two Hours' Traffic on the Stage" - The Big Personalities-So Near and Yet so Far: The Language of the Plays-Artists and the Bard: Paintings of His Plays and Life-The Secret of Psalm 46-"Sad Stories of the Deaths of Kings" - The English History Plays-The Ten Best Movies of Shakespeare's Plays-Summer Camps and Shakespearean Festivals-Shakespeare in the Garden