Shakespeare's reading / Robert S. Miola.

SeriesOxford Shakespeare topics
Oxford Shakespeare topics.
Contents 1. Elizabethan Reading -- 2. Poems -- 3. Histories -- 4. Comedies -- 5. Tragedies -- 6. Romances -- 7. Shakespeare as Reader.
Abstract Shakespeare's reading explores Shakespeare's marvellous reshaping of sources into new creations. Beginning with a discussion of how and what Elizabethans read--manuscripts, popular pamphlets, and books--Robert S. Miola goes on to examine Shakespeare's general habits of reading and track his use of specific texts and traditions in the poems, histories, comedies, tragedies, and romances. This is a comprehensive account of how, throughout his career, Shakespeare fused imaginative invention with remembered sources and inherited traditions in the creative act of composition. Repeated references to the plays in performance enliven and enrich the account.
Local noteLittle-473603--305131069430Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 00024417
ISBN0198711689 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780198711681 (alk. paper)
ISBN0198711697 (pbk.)
ISBN9780198711698 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PR3069.B6 M56 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold