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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782189703321

Autore

Crosman Robert <1940->

Titolo

The world's a stage [[electronic resource] ] : Shakespeare and the dramatic view of life / / Robert Crosman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bethesda, : Academica Press, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

Performing arts in literature

Theater in literature

Acting in literature

Play within a play

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

Shakespeare and the dramatic view of life -- The world as stage in The taming of the shrew -- What is the dream in A midsummer night's dream? -- 'I shall henceforth be myself' : Henry V, king of players or royal hypocrite? -- Rosalind as player-playwright in As you like it -- Tonight we improvise : Hamlet and the limits of playing -- If I ruled the world : Duke Vincentio plays God in Measure for measure -- Shakespeare's goodbye to the stage : The tempest and its afterlife -- Shakespeare's final ambiguity : the world is and is not a stage.