Shakespeare's reading / Robert S. Miola.
| Author/creator | Miola, Robert S. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. |
| Description | 186 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford 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 note | Little-473603--305131069430Z |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 00024417 |
| ISBN | 0198711689 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780198711681 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0198711697 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780198711698 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR3069.B6 M56 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |