Teaching Shakespeare and Early Modern Dramatists (Teaching the New English) - Softcover

Hiscock, A.; Hopkins, L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403994765 ISBN 13: 9781403994769

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

Offering a range of strategies for introducing the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries to students, this new volume pays full attention to the whole range of Shakespearean drama, with separate chapters on histories, comedies and tragedies. It also looks closely at his two most significant predecessors, Kyd and Marlowe, his closest rival, Jonson, his only known collaborator, Fletcher, and the other writers who influenced and carried forward the genres in which he worked. In addition, there are separate chapters on the genres which Shakespeare can to some extent be seen as avoiding or even deliberately writing against: satire, city comedy, and modes of performance oriented specifically towards private rather than public spaces. It thus offers a clear picture of both the ways in which Shakespearean drama is typical of its period and of the ways in which it is distinctive. Individual chapters include useful chronologies of works discussed and selective guides to further reading and resources, and the volume will be an essential read for all teachers of Shakespeare.

About this title

About the Author:

ANDREW HISCOCK is Reader in English at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK. He has published on authors and texts across the early modern period and his most recent monograph is The Uses of this World: Thinking Space in Shakespeare, Marlowe, Cary and Jonson (2004). He is currently researching into representations of memory in the period 1520-1620.

LISA HOPKINS is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and a co-editor of Shakespeare, the journal of the British Shakespeare Association. She has published books on Marlowe, Shakespeare and Ford, and on the representation of queens in Renaissance drama.

Synopsis:

Paying full attention to the whole range of Shakespearean drama but also looking closely at his two most significant predecessors, his closest rival, his only known collaborator, and other writers who influenced and carried forward the genres in which he worked, this volume shows both the ways in which Shakespearean drama is typical of its period and of the ways in which it is distinctive. This collection offers practical suggestions for the integration of non-Shakespearean drama into the teaching of Shakespeare.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1403994765
• ISBN 13: 9781403994769
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256