Bevington Shakespeare

The Seven Ages of Human Experience
2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5195-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, E-Book

The extended second edition of this inspiring introduction toShakespeare offers readers more insights into what makesShakespeare great, and why we still read and perform his works.
* * A highly innovative introduction to the extraordinaryphenomenon of Shakespeare
* * Explores Shakespeares works through the "Seven Ages of Man",from childhood to "second childishness and mere oblivion"
* * Now includes more material on fathers and sons, the perils ofcourtship, the circumstances of Shakespeares own life, theperformance history of his plays on stage and on screen, andmore
* * A new final chapter on "Shakespeare Today" looks at theremarkable diversity of interpretations in modern criticism andperformance of Shakespeare
* * Discusses a wide range of plays and poems
* * Suitable for both non-specialist readers, and scholars seekinga fresh approach to the study of Shakespeare

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bevington, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations.
To the Reader.
1 All the World's a Stage: Poetry and Theatre.
2 Creeping Like Snail: Childhood, Education, Early Friendship,Sibling Rivalries.
3 Sighing Like Furnace: Courtship and Sexual Desire.
4 Full of Strange Oaths and Bearded Like the Pard: TheComing-of-Age of the Male.
5 Jealous in Honour: Love and Friendship in Crises.
6 Wise Saws: Political and Social Disillusionment,Humankind's Relationship to the Divine, and PhilosophicalScepticism.
7 Modern Instances: Misogyny, Jealousy, Pessimism, and MidlifeCrises.
8 The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon: Ageing Fathers and theirDaughters.
9 Last Scene of All: Retirement from the Theatre.
10 Shakespeare Today.
Notes.
Further Reading.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Bevington is the Phyllis Fay Horton DistinguishedService Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago.His numerous publications include The Bantam Shakespeare, in 29paperback volumes (1988, new edition forthcoming), and TheComplete Works of Shakespeare (fifth edition, 2003), as well asthe Oxford Shakespeare edition of Henry IV Part I (1987),the New Cambridge Shakespeare edition of Antony andCleopatra (second edition, 2005), and the Arden Shakespeareedition of Troilus and Cressida (1998). He is the senioreditor of the Revels Student Editions, and is a senior editor ofthe Revels Plays and of the forthcoming Cambridge edition of theworks of Ben Jonson. He is also general editor of EnglishRenaissance Drama: A Norton Anthology (2002).