Winter’s Tale: Language and Writing, The (Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing) - Softcover

DiGangi, Mario

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350322520 ISBN 13: 9781350322523

Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, 2024

Synopsis

Through expert guidance on understanding, interpreting, and writing about Shakespeare’s language, this book makes The Winter’s Tale accessible and exciting for students. It demonstrates that careful attention to Shakespeare’s complex dramatic language can clarify the structure and concerns of the play, as well as provide deep and satisfying engagement with the social, political and ethical questions Shakespeare raises. Each chapter features a 'Writing Matters' section designed to connect analysis of Shakespeare’s language to students’ development of their own writing strategies. The book examines topics in the play such as tragicomic genre; women’s assertion of social and political agency; obedience and resistance to rulers; the virtues and risks of following festivity, and disputes over the proper forms of religious devotion.

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About the Author

Mario DiGangi is Professor of English at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA. He is the author of The Homoerotics of Early Modern Drama (1997) and Sexual Types: Embodiment, Agency, and Dramatic Character from Shakespeare to Shirley (2011) and has edited three plays of Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350322520
• ISBN 13: 9781350322523
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184