Frye Shakespeare

The art of the dramatist
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-56160-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

This edition first published in 1982. Previous edition published in 1972 by Houghton Mifflin.

Outlining methods and techniques for reading Shakespeare's plays, Roland Frye explores and develops a comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare's drama, focussing on the topics which must be kept in mind: the formative influence of the particular genre chosen for telling a story, the way in which the story is narrated and dramatized, the styles used to convey action, character and mood, and the manner in which Shakespeare has constructed his living characterizations.
As well as covering textual analysis, the book looks at Shakespeare's life and career, his theatres and the actors for whom he wrote and the process of printing and preserving Shakespeare's plays.

Chapters cover: King Lear in the Renaissance; Providence; Kind; Fortune; Anarchy and Order; Reason and Will; Show and Substance; Redemption and Shakespeare's Poetics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frye, Roland Mushat

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Life and Work

1. William Shakespeare

2. Plays in Print

3. Plays for the Theatre

Part II: Types of Plays

4. The History Plays

5. The Comedies

6. The Tragedies

7. The Tragicomedies

Part III: Structure

8. The Plot Line

9. The Dramatic Line

10. The Time Line

Part IV: Style

11. Stylistic developments

12. Stylistic Techniques

13. Stylistic Decorum

Part V: Characterization

14. Characterization