Supernatural Shakespeare - Snodgrass, J.
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"Immerse yourself in Shakespeare's magical world, filled with supernatural encounters with faeries, ghosts and witches. Frolic with royalty, wander through forests, and experience love layered with enchantment. The Bard's use of these fantastical phenomena has had a tremendous and enduring influence on authors and audiences for more than four centuries. But what are their origins? Explore the folk beliefs and literary sources that influenced Shakespeare and discover how he assembled his own masterful portraits of these phenomena, giving his plays vibrant life and his characters unforgettable…mehr

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"Immerse yourself in Shakespeare's magical world, filled with supernatural encounters with faeries, ghosts and witches. Frolic with royalty, wander through forests, and experience love layered with enchantment. The Bard's use of these fantastical phenomena has had a tremendous and enduring influence on authors and audiences for more than four centuries. But what are their origins? Explore the folk beliefs and literary sources that influenced Shakespeare and discover how he assembled his own masterful portraits of these phenomena, giving his plays vibrant life and his characters unforgettable personalities. This exploration of magic and mystery is enlivened by Shakespeare's wit and brilliance and illuminated with scholarly insights from Shakespeare's time to the present. Supernatural Shakespeare is both an approachable introduction for casual readers and a contribution to the canon that scholars will find valuable. The author's lively and humorous approach enhances the joy of studying Shakespeare. For the reader and playgoer alike, Supernatural Shakespeare enhances the experience of entering this world of magic and wonder. Shakespeare's characters make many references to magical beliefs about seasons, holidays and folk traditions that celebrate the natural cycles of death and renewal. Some of his comedy plots are structured around the victory of springtime youth over cold, wintery antagonism. And in his tragedies we see the triumph of dark winter, with a ray of spring light approaching. Supernatural Shakespeare progresses through an Elizabethan calendar, from cold tragedies to warm comedies"--
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The best advice j. Snodgrass ever received as a writer was, "Don't write what you know, write what you would like to read." To which he adds, "And learn it before you write it." This is what led to Supernatural Shakespeare. After many years of merely liking or disliking Shakespeare's plays, he decided to learn them. However, he could not find the one book he really would have liked to read; it did not yet exist. So he wrote it. Snodgrass studies, teaches, and writes about myth and ritual, and as a college professor he explores the connections between mythology and sociology in religions.