The Merry Wives of Windsor - Brossura

Shakespeare, William

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ISBN 10: 052114681X ISBN 13: 9780521146814

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. In this second edition of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor David Crane emphasises the liveliness of the play in stage terms. He also claims that this citizen comedy was an expression of Shakespeare's fundamental understanding of human life, conveyed centrally in the character of Falstaff. In the process he examines Shakespeare's free and vigorous use of different linguistic worlds. An account of the play's textual history concludes that at the time of its earliest performances Shakespeare's text was being adapted to specific theatrical needs, and as much in the possession of its players as of its author.

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Descrizione del libro:

This second edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor focuses at every point on a theatrical understanding of the play. It includes a response to some current arguments about the dating of the play and brings the stage history up to date, showing how recent productions convey the central character of Falstaff.

Contenuti:

Introduction: the date and first occasion of the play; The world of the play; Some moments in the play; The play on the stage; Recent critical and stage interpretations; Note on the text; List of characters; THE PLAY; Textual analysis; Reading list.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 052114681X
• ISBN 13: 9780521146814
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 186