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This is Shakespeare, Emma Smith

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"An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard's inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicality. A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality, and literary mastery. A man who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant. Now, Emma Smith--an intellectually, theatrically, and ethically exciting writer--takes us into a world of politicking and copycatting, as we watch Shakespeare emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cutthroat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval, and technological change. Smith writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity, and sex, and the Shakespeare she reveals in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean."--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First United States edition.
Extent
1 online resource (v, 339 pages)
Note
OverDrive eBook
Contents
  • The taming of the shrew
  • Richard III
  • The comedy of errors
  • Richard II
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • A midsummer night's dream
  • The merchant of Venice
  • 1 Henry IV
  • Much ado about nothing
  • Julius Caesar
  • Hamlet
  • Twelfth night
  • Measure for measure
  • Othello
  • King Lear
  • Macbeth
  • Antony and Cleopatra
  • Coriolanus
  • The winter's tale
  • The tempest
Isbn
9781524748555
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This is Shakespeare
Title
This is Shakespeare
Statement of responsibility
Emma Smith
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard's inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicality. A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality, and literary mastery. A man who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant. Now, Emma Smith--an intellectually, theatrically, and ethically exciting writer--takes us into a world of politicking and copycatting, as we watch Shakespeare emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cutthroat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval, and technological change. Smith writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity, and sex, and the Shakespeare she reveals in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean."--Provided by publisher
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http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10878410
Cataloging source
LBSOR/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Smith, Emma
Dewey number
822.3/3
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Shakespeare, William
  • English drama
  • English drama
Label
This is Shakespeare, Emma Smith
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Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
OverDrive eBook
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The taming of the shrew -- Richard III -- The comedy of errors -- Richard II -- Romeo and Juliet -- A midsummer night's dream -- The merchant of Venice -- 1 Henry IV -- Much ado about nothing -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Twelfth night -- Measure for measure -- Othello -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Coriolanus -- The winter's tale -- The tempest
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First United States edition.
Extent
1 online resource (v, 339 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781524748555
Lccn
2019028317
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
71685AD3-CA3C-428A-A36D-3A70166C525A
System control number
(OCoLC)1110138196
Label
This is Shakespeare, Emma Smith
Link
Publication
Copyright
Note
OverDrive eBook
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The taming of the shrew -- Richard III -- The comedy of errors -- Richard II -- Romeo and Juliet -- A midsummer night's dream -- The merchant of Venice -- 1 Henry IV -- Much ado about nothing -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Twelfth night -- Measure for measure -- Othello -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Coriolanus -- The winter's tale -- The tempest
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First United States edition.
Extent
1 online resource (v, 339 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781524748555
Lccn
2019028317
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
71685AD3-CA3C-428A-A36D-3A70166C525A
System control number
(OCoLC)1110138196

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