The Sources of Shakespeare's Plays (Routledge Library Editions - Shakespeare Critical Studies)

Kenneth Muir

ISBN 10: 041548913X / ISBN 13: 9780415489133

Published by Routledge 2009-02-25, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sources of Shakespeare's Plays (Routledge Library Editions - Shakespeare Critical Studies)
• Publisher: Routledge 2009-02-25
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041548913X
• ISBN 13: 9780415489133
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

First published in 1977. This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan dramatists took such pains as Shakespeare in the collection of source-material. Frequently the sources were apparently incompatible, but Shakespeare's ability to combine a chronicle play, one or two prose chronicles, two poems and a pastoral romance without any sense of incongruity, was masterly. The plays are examined in approximately chronological order and Shakespeare's developing skill becomes evident.

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Kenneth Muir