Isbn: 9780803213036 - quoting shakespeare: form and culture in early modern drama (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen, pencil & highlighter markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780803213036.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 268 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Shakespeare is the most frequently quoted author of the English-speaking world. His plays, in turn, quote a wide variety of sources, from books and ballads to persons and events. This title demonstrates that such borrowing can illuminate the world in whic.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - William Shakespeare is perhaps the most frequently quoted author of the English-speaking world. His plays, in turn, 'quote' a wide variety of sources, from books and ballads to persons and events. In this dynamic study of Shakespeare's plays, Douglas Bruster demonstrates that such borrowing can illuminate the world in which Shakespeare and his contemporary playwrights lived and worked, while also shedding light on later cultures that quote his plays. In contrast to the New Historicism's sometimes arbitrary linkage of literary works with elements drawn from the surrounding culture, Quoting Shakespeare focuses on the resources that writers used in making their works. Bruster shows how this borrowing can give us valuable insight into the cultural, historical, and political positions of writers and their works. Because Shakespeare's plays have often been quoted by other writers, this study also examines what subsequent uses of Shakespeare's plays reveal about the writers and cultures that use them. In this way, Quoting Shakespeare insists that literary production and reception are both integral to a historical approach to literature.…