Books written by Christopher R. Wilson

  • Shakespeare’s Musical Imagery

    Knapp, Peggy A., 'The Orphic Vision of Pericles', Texas Studies in Literature and Language, 15 (Winter, 1974), 615-26. Knight, G. Wilson, Myth and Miracle: An Essay on the Mystic Symbolism of Shakespeare (London: Burrow, 1929). Knight ...

  • Music in Shakespeare: A Dictionary

    This is a comprehensive reference guide for scholars and students with interests in the thematic and allegorical relevance of music in Shakespeare, and the history of performance.

  • Shakespeare’s Musical Imagery

    This book discusses Shakespeare's musical imagery according to categories defined by occurrence in the plays and poems. In turn, these categories depend on their early modern usage and significance.

  • Shakespeare's Musical Imagery

    Sir Andrew 'What is thy excellence in a galliard, knight?' (1.3.100). The 'foolish knight' replies 'Faith, I can cut a caper.' (1.3.101) and continuing the dance theme, 'I think I have the back-trick simply as strong as any man in ...

  • The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Music

    ... 'from jealous eyes away to fly'.81 The final Johnson songs are the two from The Tempest: When I published Shakespeare's Songbook in 2004, I presented the settings by Johnson (or whomever) with a caveat that they were late, ...

  • The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Music

    This volume showcases the latest international research into the captivating and vast subject of the many uses of music in relation to Shakespeare's plays and poems, extending from the Bard's own time to the present day.

  • Music in Shakespeare: A Dictionary

    This is a comprehensive reference guide for scholars and students with interests ranging from the thematic and allegorical relevance of music in Shakespeare's works to the history of performance.