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This is Shakespeare, Emma Smith

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Summary
"An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard's inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicality. A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality, and literary mastery. A man who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant. Now, Emma Smith--an intellectually, theatrically, and ethically exciting writer--takes us into a world of politicking and copycatting, as we watch Shakespeare emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cutthroat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval, and technological change. Smith writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity, and sex, and the Shakespeare she reveals in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First United States edition.
Extent
349 pages
Contents
  • Much ado about nothing
  • Julius Caesar
  • Hamlet
  • Twelfth night
  • Measure for measure
  • Othello
  • King Lear
  • Macbeth
  • Antony and Cleopatra
  • Coriolanus
  • The taming of the shrew
  • The winter's tale
  • The tempest
  • Richard III
  • The comedy of errors
  • Richard II
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • A midsummer night's dream
  • The merchant of Venice
  • 1 Henry IV
Isbn
9781524748548
Instance
Label
This is Shakespeare
Title
This is Shakespeare
Statement of responsibility
Emma Smith
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard's inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicality. A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality, and literary mastery. A man who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant. Now, Emma Smith--an intellectually, theatrically, and ethically exciting writer--takes us into a world of politicking and copycatting, as we watch Shakespeare emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cutthroat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval, and technological change. Smith writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity, and sex, and the Shakespeare she reveals in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean"--
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Smith, Emma
Dewey number
822.3/3
Index
index present
LC call number
PR2976
LC item number
.S495 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Shakespeare, William
  • English drama
  • English drama
Target audience
adult
Label
This is Shakespeare, Emma Smith
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Much ado about nothing
  • Julius Caesar
  • Hamlet
  • Twelfth night
  • Measure for measure
  • Othello
  • King Lear
  • Macbeth
  • Antony and Cleopatra
  • Coriolanus
  • The taming of the shrew
  • The winter's tale
  • The tempest
  • Richard III
  • The comedy of errors
  • Richard II
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • A midsummer night's dream
  • The merchant of Venice
  • 1 Henry IV
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First United States edition.
Extent
349 pages
Isbn
9781524748548
Lccn
2019028316
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1110154209
  • (OCoLC)1110154209
  • 2395797
Label
This is Shakespeare, Emma Smith
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Much ado about nothing
  • Julius Caesar
  • Hamlet
  • Twelfth night
  • Measure for measure
  • Othello
  • King Lear
  • Macbeth
  • Antony and Cleopatra
  • Coriolanus
  • The taming of the shrew
  • The winter's tale
  • The tempest
  • Richard III
  • The comedy of errors
  • Richard II
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • A midsummer night's dream
  • The merchant of Venice
  • 1 Henry IV
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First United States edition.
Extent
349 pages
Isbn
9781524748548
Lccn
2019028316
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1110154209
  • (OCoLC)1110154209
  • 2395797

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