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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452622803321

Autore

Shakespeare William <1564-1616.>

Titolo

As you like it [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Alan Brissenden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

0-19-173230-3

0-19-156956-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

The Oxford Shakespeare

Altri autori (Persone)

BrissendenAlan

Disciplina

822.33

Soggetti

Exiles

Fathers and daughters

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""The Play's Date""; ""The Source""; ""Love""; ""Metamorphosis""; ""Doubleness""; ""Names and Places""; ""Pastoral""; ""The Play in Performance""; ""'Your very, very Rosalind'""; ""The Text""; ""Editorial Procedures""; ""Abbreviations and References""; ""AS YOU LIKE IT""; ""APPENDIX A: Wit""; ""APPENDIX B: The Songs""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Sommario/riassunto

As You Like It is Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedy, and its witty heroine Rosalind has his longest female role. In this edition, Alan Brissenden reassesses both its textual and performance history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. He examines Shakespeare's sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral, and doubleness. Detailed annotations investigate the allusive and often bawdy language, enabling student, actor, and director to savour the humour and the seriousness of the play to the full. - ;As You Like It is Shakespea