| The King and I Contributor(s): Kelly, Philippa (Author), Fernie, Ewan (Editor), Palfrey, Simon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1441111646 ISBN-13: 9781441111647 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2010029089 |
| Series: Shakespeare Now! |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.35 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A unique exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear, with its themes of banishment, alienation and hope, via a personal memoir that embraces the history of Australia |
Contributor Bio(s): Fernie, Ewan: - Ewan Fernie is Professor and Chair of Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Shame in Shakespeare, the editor of Spiritual Shakespeares and general editor (with Simon Palfrey) of the Shakespeare Now! series.Palfrey, Simon: - Simon Palfrey is a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford University. His books include Late Shakespeare: A New World of Words (Oxford, 1997); Shakespeare in Parts (Oxford, 2007), written with Tiffany Stern and awarded the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society's David Bevington Prize for best new book; Romeo and Juliet (Short Books, 2011); and the novel Dunsinane, written with Ewan Fernie. He is the founding editor (with Fernie) of Continuum's innovative series of 'minigraphs', Shakespeare Now! His new work includes a book on possible worlds in early modern drama and philosophy, and a play inspired by Spenser's Faerie Queen. His book Doing Shakespeare was published by Arden Shakespeare in 2005, reissued 2011. |