The Cambridge Introduction to ShakespeareThis lively and innovative introduction to Shakespeare promotes active engagement with the plays, rather than recycling factual information. Covering a range of texts, it is divided into seven subject-based chapters: Character; Performance; Texts; Language; Structure; Sources and History, and it does not assume any prior knowledge. Instead, it develops ways of thinking and provides the reader with resources for independent research through the 'Where next?' sections at the end of each chapter. The book draws on scholarship without being overwhelmed by it, and unlike other introductory guides to Shakespeare it emphasizes that there is space for new and fresh thinking by students and readers, even on the most-studied and familiar plays. |
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Contents
Section 21 | 71 |
Section 22 | 72 |
Section 23 | 77 |
Section 24 | 81 |
Section 25 | 84 |
Section 26 | 87 |
Section 27 | 90 |
Section 28 | 93 |
Section 9 | 32 |
Section 10 | 33 |
Section 11 | 41 |
Section 12 | 42 |
Section 13 | 46 |
Section 14 | 47 |
Section 15 | 48 |
Section 16 | 49 |
Section 17 | 50 |
Section 18 | 57 |
Section 19 | 60 |
Section 20 | 65 |
Section 29 | 101 |
Section 30 | 103 |
Section 31 | 113 |
Section 32 | 116 |
Section 33 | 120 |
Section 34 | 127 |
Section 35 | 134 |
Section 36 | 138 |
Section 37 | 142 |
Section 38 | 144 |
Section 39 | 148 |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare Cambridge Introductions to Literature |
| Author | Emma Smith |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1139462393, 9781139462396 |
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