Shakespeare Closely Read is a collection of essays each of which applies the techniques of close reading to one or another of Shakespeare's texts. The essays are united by their commitment to close reading, whatever connection they may also have to other theoretical or methodological approaches.
Dealing mainly with the works of William Shakespeare, the essays in Close Readings without Readings reflect Stephen Booth’s lifelong interest in uncovering the ways great literature works upon readers.
Topics of analysis include verbal patterning, dramatic structure, staging and stage directions, soliloquies and character-construction and poetic meter. This is an ideal teaching text for introductory courses on Shakespeare.
This landmark collection of newly-commissioned essays by leading international scholars, offers expert close readings of Shakespeare and other early modern authors.
A major interpretative account of Shakespeare's play, this is a close scrutiny which will engage readers directly with the text and perfomance of the work. The Renaissance code of honor...
This critical analysis is accompanied by the text of all of Shakespeare's sonnets. Accessible and thought-provoking, Ideas of Order is an invaluable companion to this cornerstone of literature.
Hamlet
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part 1 -- 1 The Title -- 2 Stage Directions -- 3 Scenes -- 4 The Whole Play -- Part 2 -- 5 First Words -- 6 The First Act -- 7 Act Three -- 8 Acts Two and Four -- 9 The Last Act -- 10 Last Words -- Part 3 -- ...
Mirroring it, the book throughout uses an eclectic, subjective critical approach to study how the poetry of Hamlet creates its realistically flawed and believably complex characters.
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