The Sources of Shakespeare's PlaysRoutledge, 04.04.2014 - 336 Seiten 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. |
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... plots of his plays and to discuss the use he made of them ; and , secondly , to give illustrations , necessarily selective , of the way in which his general reading is woven into the texture of his work . Since Anders wrote ...
... plots of his plays and to discuss the use he made of them ; and , secondly , to give illustrations , necessarily selective , of the way in which his general reading is woven into the texture of his work . Since Anders wrote ...
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... plot of Pericles when he had more obvious sources , which he certainly used , by Gower and Twine . Some ideas and images which may be traced ultimately to Latin writers had become commonplaces by the six- teenth century . There is no ...
... plot of Pericles when he had more obvious sources , which he certainly used , by Gower and Twine . Some ideas and images which may be traced ultimately to Latin writers had become commonplaces by the six- teenth century . There is no ...
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... plots were not available , so far as is known , in any other language . He could have read Boccaccio in a French translation ; but he appears to have read Giraldi Cinthio's Hecatommithi , Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and one or two plays ...
... plots were not available , so far as is known , in any other language . He could have read Boccaccio in a French translation ; but he appears to have read Giraldi Cinthio's Hecatommithi , Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and one or two plays ...
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... plots , but this is something he could equally well have learnt from Lyly , whose comedies were of seminal importance . Many characteristics of Shake- spearian comedy can be traced to Lyly's - wit combats , the disguising of girls as ...
... plots , but this is something he could equally well have learnt from Lyly , whose comedies were of seminal importance . Many characteristics of Shake- spearian comedy can be traced to Lyly's - wit combats , the disguising of girls as ...
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... plot of As You Like It and a few phrases in Richard II , but he had less influence on Shakespeare than the other University Wits.53 Shakespeare knew most of Sidney's work , including Astrophel and Stella , The Defence of Poesy , 54 and ...
... plot of As You Like It and a few phrases in Richard II , but he had less influence on Shakespeare than the other University Wits.53 Shakespeare knew most of Sidney's work , including Astrophel and Stella , The Defence of Poesy , 54 and ...
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Romeo and Juliet | 38 |
Richard II | 46 |
A MidsummerNights Dream | 66 |
Loves Labours Lost | 77 |
Comedies and Histories | 86 |
Measure for Measure | 174 |
Othello | 182 |
King Lear | 196 |
Macbeth | 208 |
Timon of Athens | 218 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 220 |
Coriolanus | 238 |
Last Plays | 252 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | 103 |
Much Ado about Nothing | 113 |
As You Like It | 125 |
Twelfth Night | 132 |
Troilus and Cressida | 141 |
Tragic Period | 158 |
Alls Well that Ends Well | 170 |
Cymbeline | 258 |
The Winters Tale | 266 |
The Tempest | 278 |
Henry VIII | 283 |
Notes | 289 |
Index | 315 |
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