I. Language in print -- II. Language: forms and uses -- III. Language through time -- IV. Writing and language skills. "This guide argues that King Lear's elemental power springs from its language, which is at once simple, relentless, and riddling, and from its full-blown doubl…
"This guide argues that King Lear's elemental power springs from its language, which is at once simple, relentless, and riddling, and from its full-blown double plot that multiplies unbearably both the follies and the pain of its protagonists. It also explores recent critical ap…
"Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing volumes offer a new type of study aid that combines lively critical insight with practical guidance on the writing skills you need to develop in order to engage fully with Shakespeare's texts. The books' core focus is on language: both…
"Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing volumes offer a new type of study aid that combines lively critical insight with practical guidance on the writing skills you need to develop in order to engage fully with Shakespeare's texts. The books' core focus is on language: both…
In their lectures on King Lear, the eight contributors to this volume fulfill Shakespeare's rigorous injunction to Speak what we feel" about the playwright's amplest tragedy. Representing distinctive but complementary points of view, they cover theatrical history, verbal style, …
"Judith H. Anderson conceives the intertext as a relation between or among texts that encompasses both Kristevan intertextuality and traditional relationships of influence, imitation, allusion, and citation. Like the Internet, the intertext is a state, or place, of potential exp…
Judith H. Anderson conceives the intertext as a relation between or among texts that encompasses both Kristevan intertextuality and traditional relationships of influence, imitation, allusion, and citation. Like the Internet, the intertext is a state, or place, of potential expr…
This new edition of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy is based on the quarto, the version closest to his original manuscript. Included are guides to appreciation of the play, notes on staging and lighting, and the play's first derivative.
This new edition of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy is based on the quarto, the version closest to his original manuscript. Included are guides to appreciation of the play, notes on staging and lighting, and the play's first derivative.