Shakespeare
eBook - ePub

Shakespeare

The art of the dramatist

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Shakespeare

The art of the dramatist

About this book

This edition first published in 1982. Previous edition published in 1972 by Houghton Mifflin. Outlining methods and techniques for reading Shakespeare's plays, Roland Frye explores and develops a comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare's drama, focussing on the topics which must be kept in mind: the formative influence of the particular genre chosen for telling a story, the way in which the story is narrated and dramatized, the styles used to convey action, character and mood, and the manner in which Shakespeare has constructed his living characterizations.
As well as covering textual analysis, the book looks at Shakespeare's life and career, his theatres and the actors for whom he wrote and the process of printing and preserving Shakespeare's plays. Chapters cover: King Lear in the Renaissance; Providence; Kind; Fortune; Anarchy and Order; Reason and Will; Show and Substance; Redemption and Shakespeare's Poetics.

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Information

Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781136561603
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Dedication
  8. Preface
  9. Contents
  10. Illustrations
  11. Part I. Life and Work
  12. Part II. Types of Plays
  13. Part III. Structure
  14. Part IV. Style
  15. Part V. Characterization
  16. Selective Bibliography
  17. Index of Citations of the Plays
  18. Index of Names and Subjects