| Speech and Performance in Shakespeare's Sonnets and Plays Contributor(s): Schalkwyk, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521811155 ISBN-13: 9780521811156 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Drama | Shakespeare - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821 |
| LCCN: 2003386910 |
| Lexile Measure: 1480 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.26 lbs) 274 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This analysis of Shakespeare's sonnets in relation to his plays asserts that the language of the sonnets is primarily performative rather than descriptive. It discusses the 1609 quarto of sonnets and the Petrarchan discourses in a selection of plays. David Schalkwyk addresses embodiment and silencing, interiority and theatricality, inequalities of power, status, gender and desire in the published poems, on the stage and in the context of the early modern period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schalkwyk, David: - David Schalkwyk is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Cape Town. He has published on Shakespeare, literary theory, philosophy, and South African literature in the Shakespeare Quarterly, English Literary Renaissance, the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Pretexts, Linguistic Sciences, Textus, and the Journal of Literary Studies. |