The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Language

Herausgeber: Magnusson, Lynne; Schalkwyk, David

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Illuminates the pleasures and challenges of Shakespeare's complex language for today's students, teachers, actors and theatre-goers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9781107131934
• ISBN-10: 1107131936
• Artikelnr.: 55304081

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Basic Elements: 1. Shakespeare and the problem of style Jeff Dolven
2. Shakespeare's creativity with words Alysia Kolentsis
3. The performative power of Shakespeare's language David Schalkwyk
4. Verse and metre Oliver Morgan
5. The dynamics of Shakespearean dialogue Lynne Magnusson
6. Figures of speech at work Ruth Morse
Part II. Shaping Contexts: 7. Approaching Shakespeare through rhetoric Peter Mack
8. Shakespeare and social languages James Siemon
Part III. New Technologies: 9. Digital approaches to Shakespeare's language Jonathan Hope
10. Authorship, computers, and comparative style Hugh Craig
11. Reading in time: cognitive dynamics and the literary experience of Shakespeare Amy Cook and Seth Frey
Part IV. Contemporary Sites for Language Change: 12. Writing for actors: language that cues performance Carol Chillington Rutter
13. Language and translation Dirk Delabastita
14. Popular culture and Shakespeare's language Douglas M. Lanier.