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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157823403321

Autore

Hutson Lorna

Titolo

Circumstantial Shakespeare

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-180869-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures Circumstantial Shakespeare

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

English Literature

English

Languages & Literatures

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Stories, plots, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 'Quando?' (When?) in Romeo and Juliet -- 'Imaginary Work': Opportunity in Lucrece and in King Lear -- Where and How? Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Maid's Tragedy -- 'The Innocent Sleepe': Motive in Macbeth.

Sommario/riassunto

Contrary to the view that Shakespeare was careless with plot details, this book reveals how he actually used circumstance to imply offstage actions, times, and places in terms of the motives and desires of his characters, thus creating coherent dramatic worlds and a sense of the feelings of characters inhabiting them.