Oxford World's Classics: Henry V, War Criminal?: and Other Shakespeare Puzzles - Softcover

Sutherland, John; Watts, Cedric; Orgel, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192838792 ISBN 13: 9780192838797

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 2000

Synopsis

'Shakespeare loves loose ends; Shakespeare also loves red herrings.' Stephen Orgel Loose ends and red herrings are the stuff of detective fiction, and under the scrutiny of master sleuths John Sutherland and Cedric Watts Shakespeare's plays reveal themselves to be as full of mysteries as any Agatha Christie novel. Is it summer or winter in Elsinore? Do Bottom and Titania make love? Does Lady Macbeth faint, or is she just pretending? How does a man putrefy within minutes of his death? Is Cleopatra a deadbeat Mum? And why doesn't Juliet ask 'O Romeo Montague, wherefore art thou Montague?' As Watts and Sutherland explore these and other puzzles Shakespeare's genius becomes ever more apparent. Speculative, critical, good-humoured and provocative, their discussions shed light on apparent anachronisms, performance and stagecraft, linguistics, Star Trek and much else. Shrewd and entertaining, these essays add a new dimension to the pleasure of reading or watching Shakespeare. 'Few modern academics are doing quite so much as Professor Sutherland to connect the "common reader" with great books' Independent

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"Few modern academics are doing quite so much as Professor Sutherland to connect the 'common reader' with great books"--The Independent "Few modern academics are doing quite so much as Professor Sutherland to connect the 'common reader' with great books"--The Independent "Few modern academics are doing quite so much as Professor Sutherland to connect the 'common reader' with great books"--The Independent "Few modern academics are doing quite so much as Professor Sutherland to connect the 'common reader' with great books"--The Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192838792
• ISBN 13: 9780192838797
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240