| The Sources of Shakespeare's Plays Contributor(s): Muir, Kenneth (Author) |
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ISBN: 041548913X ISBN-13: 9780415489133 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |