Shakespeare's book: Essays in reading, writing and reception - Softcover

 
9780719085611: Shakespeare's book: Essays in reading, writing and reception
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0719085616 ISBN 13: 9780719085611
Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This collection of essays is part of a new phase in Shakespeare studies. The traditional view of Shakespeare is that he was a man of the theatre who showed no interest in the printing of his plays, producing works that are only fully realised in performance. This view has recently been challenged by critics arguing that Shakespeare was a literary 'poet-playwright', concerned with his readers as well as his audiences. Shakespeare's Book offers a vital contribution to this critical debate, and examines its wider implications for how we conceive of Shakespeare and his works. Bringing together an impressive group of international Shakespeare scholars, the volume explores both Shakespeare's relationship with actual printers, patrons, and readers, and the representation of writing, reading, and print within his works themselves.

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About the Authors

Richard Meek is Lecturer in English at the University of Hull

Jane Rickard is Lecturer in Seventeenth-Century English Literature at the University of Leeds

Richard Wilson is Professor of Renaissance Literature in the Department of English at the University of Lancaster

From the Back Cover

This collection of essays is part of a new phase in Shakespeare studies. The traditional view of Shakespeare is that he was a man of the theatre who showed no interest in the printing of his plays, producing works that are only fully realised in performance. This view has recently been challenged by critics arguing that Shakespeare was a literary 'poet-playwright', concerned with his readers as well as his audiences. Shakespeare's Book offers a vital contribution to this critical debate, and examines its wider implications for how we conceive of Shakespeare and his works. Bringing together an impressive group of international Shakespeare scholars, the volume explores both Shakespeare's relationship with actual printers, patrons, and readers, and the representation of writing, reading, and print within his works themselves.

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This collection of essays is part of a new phase in Shakespeare studies. The traditional view of Shakespeare is that he was a man of the theatre who showed no interest in the printing of his plays, producing works that are only fully realised in performance. This view has recently been challenged by critics arguing that Shakespeare was a literary poet-playwright , concerned with his readers as well as his audiences. Shakespeare s Book offers a vital contribution to this critical debate, and examines its wider implications for how we conceive of Shakespeare and his works. Bringing together an impressive group of international Shakespeare scholars, the volume explores both Shakespeare s relationship with actual printers, patrons, and readers, and the representation of writing, reading, and print within his works themselves.

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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0719085616
ISBN 13 
9780719085611
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
277
Editor
Meek Richard, Rickard Jane, Wilson Richard

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9780719079054: Shakespeare's Book: Essays in Reading, Writing and Reception

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ISBN 10:  0719079055 ISBN 13:  9780719079054
Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2008
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