Shakespeare's books : a dictionary of Shakespeare sources / / Stuart Gillespie

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814971403321
• Autore: Gillespie Stuart <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Athlone, 2001
• ISBN: 1-281-29172-2; 9786611291723; 1-84714-338-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (539 p.)
• Collana: Athlone Shakespeare dictionary series
• Disciplina: 822.33
• Soggetti: English literature
• 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; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; A-Z; General Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This encyclopedia-style Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to Shakespeare's literary knowledge and recent scholarship on it. Nearly 200 entries cover the full range of literary writing Shakespeare was acquainted with, and which influenced his own work, including classical, historical, religious and contemporary works. It provides an overview of his use of authors such as Virgil, Chaucer, Erasmus, Marlowe and Samuel Daniel, whose influence is across the canon. Other entries cover anonymous or collective works such as the Bible, Emblems, Homilies, Chronicle History plays and the Moral