Penny Gay has written a new Introduction to this updated edition of Shakespeare's popular comedy. She stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. In addition, Gay analyzes its delicate balancing of romance and realism and exploration of gen
Twelfth night: or What you will
โ Scribed by Elam, Keir;Shakespeare, William
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc;Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
"This edition of Twelfth Night provides: a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards of scholarship; detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text; a full, illustrated introduction to the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts; an in-depth survey of critical approaches to the play; a full index to the introduction and notes; and a select bibliography of references and further reading."--Jacket.
โฆ Table of Contents
Introduction. Ay, that's the theme: topics in Twelfth Night --
Make a good show on't: Twelfth Night in performance --
Are you a comedian?: players and parts --
Twelfth Night, or What You Will --
App. 1. The text and editorial procedures --
App. 2. Casting --
App. 3. Music.
โฆ Subjects
Brothers and sisters;Kommentar;Mistaken identity;Triangles (Interpersonal relations);Twins;Unrequited love;Drama;Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Twelfth night;Brothers and sisters -- Drama;Mistaken identity -- Drama;Twins -- Drama;Unrequited love -- Drama;Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama;Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William);Shakespeare, William -- 1564-1616 -- Twelfth night;Shakespeare, William. -- Twelfth night, or what you will
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