Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+5205+7104+4294946080 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1498024 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1211937 Shakespeares poems, aside from the enduring appeal of the Sonnets, are much less familiar today than his plays, despite being enormously popular in his lifetime. This Introduction celebrates the achievement of Shakespeare as a poet, providing students with ways of understanding and enjoying his remarkable poems. It honours the aesthetic and intellectual complexity of the poems without making them seem unapproachably complicated, outlining their exquisite pleasures and absorbing enigmas. Schoenfeldt suggests that todays readers are better able to analyze aspects of the poems that were formerly ignored or the source of scandal - the articulation of a fervent same-sex love, for example, or the incipient racism inherent in a hierarchy of light and dark. By engaging closely with Shakespeares major poems - Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, the Sonnets and A Lovers Complaint - the Introduction demonstrates how much these extraordinary poems still have to say to us-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=938837 Bates Soul of the Age tells the story of the great dramatist while deducing the crucial events of Shakespeares life, connecting those events to his world and work as never before, and revealing how this unsurpassed artist came to be. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=721478 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=634966 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=568593 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=560134 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=504669 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=550836 Presents the original text of Shakespeares play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=550838 Presents the original text of Shakespeares play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=550840 Presents the original text of Shakespeares play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=557426 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=436130 Hamlet, Poem Unlimited is Blooms attempt to uncover the mystery of both Prince Hamlet and the play, how both prince and drama are able to break through the conventions of theatrical mimesis and the representation of character, to make us question the very nature of theatrical illusion. In twenty-five brief chapters, Bloom takes us through the major soliloquies, scenes, characters, and action of the play, to explore the enigma at the heart of the drama, which is central to its universal appeal. Bloom also gives a warmly personal and full account of the plays history and discusses how it has become an extraordinary part of human consciousness.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=482827 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=504707 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=620908 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=620938 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=451451 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=620946 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=430942 Over the years, Loves Labours Lost has become a favorite among critics and directors, but has also received its share of criticism. In this text, Pendergast (English, So. Illinois U.) focuses on a number of critical issues which he feels are important for modern readers, while also giving attention to the plays textual history, its dramatic structure and themes, and appreciating its ...brilliance as a performance script. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=447202 Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry IV Part 1 and shows how these complicate any easy sense of what kind of play it is. Conventionally regarded as a history play, much of it is in fact conspicuously invented fiction, and Kastan argues that the non-historical, comic plot does not simply parody the historical action but by its existence raises questions about the very nature of history. He discusses the politics of the play in terms of the vital political concerns of Shakespeares England but shows how the drama speaks equally clearly to our own worlds troubled efforts to reconcile political stability and social diversity. Inevitably, how we view the plays politics depends on how much we allow Falstaff, an anarchic comic presence in a focused political world, to undermine the historical drive to unity and order. Kastan argues persuasively that the play addresses family relations as well as political alliances, fathers and sons as well as kingship and rebellion. The introduction devotes extensive discussion to the plays language, indicating how its insistent economic vocabulary provides texture for the social concerns of the play and focuses attention on the central relationship between value and political authority. Kastan demonstrates that, just as Hal uses the idiom of the balance sheet to express his political intelligence, so the commercialization of heroic action by the language of the play contributes to its demystification of politics. Similarly, the evidence that Falstaff was originally given the name of the proto-Protestant martyr Oldcastle is linked both with the characters extensive use of biblical rhetoric and with late sixteenth-century religious practice, serving both to enrich and to complicate our understanding of his disruptive role in the play. In line with standard Arden practice, the introduction offers a full discussion of the plays critical reception and performance history, revealing how vitally the play has continued to live as a favourite of audiences and readers. The text is based on the two earliest printings of the play, the complete 1598 Quarto, Q1, and the earlier edition of that year, which survives only in the fragment known as Q0 and which is reproduced in facsimile in an appendix. The edition does, however, also take full account of the First Folios variant readings. The issues and implications of editorial choice and the issues involved in the texts modernization are fully explored in the introduction and illustrated by a facsimile page of Q1.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=411001 Reviews and discusses textual, contextual, thematic, critical, and dramatic concerns related to Shakespeares Roman tragedy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=455965 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=411000 Overviews the textual history and intellectual background of the play, analyzes its issues and themes, summarizes its critical and scholarly reception, and discusses its production history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=389398 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=367796 William Shakespeares timeless and tragic tale about the star-crossed lovers descended from feuding Montague and Capulet families, whose forbidden love leads to destruction and death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=374280 Stephen Greenblatt sets out to explain his longtime fascination with the ghost of Hamlets father, and his daring and ultimately gratifying journey takes him through surprising intellectual territory. It yields an extraordinary account of the rise and fall of Purgatory as both a belief and a lucrative institution - as well as a capacious new reading of the power of Hamlet.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=474335 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=367793 In his most famous play, William Shakespeare probes the complexities of the human experience. The works timeless themes, its characters, and plot are discussed as is this great authors life and work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=380482 This volume of essays traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeares most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essays focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=390554 Shakespeare wrote this romantic comedy to show that love hath no law but his own. The story of young lovers being toyed with by forest sprites is purely an entertaining fantasy, neither realistic nor tragic, and a popular drama the world over. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=323164 The Merchant of Venice, even in its own time, was considered Shakespeares most controversial play. Now one of the most popularly read and performed works, the play raises even more important issues for our day, particularly anti-Semitism and the treatment of Jews. Shakespeare scholar Jay Halio brings together his fascinating literary insights and his considerable knowledge of Shakespeares world to this student casebook. His analysis of the play helps students interpret Shakespeares plot and interwoven subplots, the sources that helped shape the play and the characters, and the thematic issues relating to justice, mercy, and the myriad bonds of human relationships. This casebook also considers contemporary applications, with essays and editorials on current hate groups in the United States, the treatment of women, and male bonding. This section, culminating with a poignant interview in which actor Hal Holbrook discusses his stage portrayal of Shylock, will leave readers with an appreciation for how profoundly relevant The Merchant of Venice remains for our time.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=329082 This tragedy opens with the sight of witches finishing a cabal and moves deeper into chaos, fog and filthy air, murder, and dark mystery. Events transpire faster than the mind can conceive as Macbeth seizes power only to be destroyed by his blind ambition. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=389245 This interdisciplinary casebook is designed to help students and their teachers explore the historical and modern issues related to the play. By combining primary documents with commentary, this guide considers many theatrical, cultural, social, and political concerns at the core of Othello. A literary analysis chapter addresses such topics as the nature of tragedy, the source of the play, and the richness of Othellos language, imagery, and thematic patterns. Three chapters on historical context consider attitudes toward race, love and marriage, and the role of the military in Shakespeares time, revealing some of the social and political controversies reflected in Othello. A discussion of performance and interpretation traces the changing cultural values and artistic expectations that have affected the popularity and interpretation of Othello on stage, in film, and in literary criticism over the centuries. A final chapter on contemporary applications expands the focus of discussion to explore how Othello might reflect and challenge perspectives on contemporary stories, including both factual events recorded in newspaper headlines and fictional plots drawn from a variety of storylines in literature.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=474334 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=329083 These new editions of our top-selling CliffsNotes Literature titles (as well as the all-new titles on the previous pages) feature a total redesign from covers to contents and will be more popular with users than ever before. Ask your account representative for details. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=326735 Every effort has been made to trace the owners of copyrighted material. The articles in this volume may have been edited for content, length, and/or reading level. The titles have been changed to enhance the editorial purpose. Those interested in locating the original source will find the complete citation on the first page of each article. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=327806 One of the most famous dramas of all time, Hamlet is the story of a young prince torn between his dual roles of ruler and son, between introspective moral questioning and swift action. The play is filled with action and provocative inquiry. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=329080 This tragedy of doomed lovers from warring families has inspired poetic expression from young lovers the world over. The 300-year-old drama is perhaps Shakespeares best-known work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=326712 These new editions of our top-selling CliffsNotes Literature titles (as well as the all-new titles on the previous pages) feature a total redesign from covers to contents and will be more popular with users than ever before. Ask your account representative for details. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=336120 -- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature-- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism-- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the authors life, and an index http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=325611 With commentary on all 154 sonnets, this book differs from its 1965 predecessor by dealing with the individual sonnets rather than themes. Included are a biography of Shakespeares life, an overview of the sonnet sequence to foster an overall understanding of the sonnets, a review section, and a Bibliography. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=162694 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=281808 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=281795 Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=294620 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=394991 This important collection focuses exclusively on contemporary criticism of Shakespeares Sonnets. In addition to reprinting three highly influential essays from the past decade, the volume includes sixteen original analyses by leading scholars in the field. Approaches range from the new historicism to the new bibliography, from formalism to feminism, from reception history to cultural materialism, from biographical criticism to queer theory. In addition, the editors introduction often a comprehensive survey of 400 years of criticism of these fascinating, enigmatic poems. This is The Sonnets anthology of the 1990s, an essential purchase for undergraduate and graduate libraries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=296039 The Tempest has not only generated many creative adaptations in drama, poetry, novels and films, but it has also proved a testing ground for virtually all the new literary theories available. This selection gives examples from cultural studies, feminism, psychological criticism, political readings, new historicism, postcolonialism, new geography and other approaches. The book will give students an understanding of the bases of contemporary criticism, and it will give insights into Shakespeares text from a rich variety of perspectives.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=280719 Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=314251 The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet has touched the hearts of young and old for nearly four hundred years. In Understanding Romeo and Juliet, Alan Hager draws from both historical and contemporary materials and examines the play from many perspectives, ranging from information about the earliest performances of Romeo and Juliet to discussions of teen suicide in the 1990s. Each section of the work closes with topics for class discussion and papers and suggested works for further reading.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=294957 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=162426 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=293580 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=265623 John Berryman, one of Americas most talented modern poets, was winner of the Pulitzer Prize for 77 Dream Songs and the National Book Award for His Toy, His Dream, His Rest. Berryman was a protege of Mark Van Doren, the great Shakespearean scholar, and the Bards work remained one of his most abiding passions - he would devote a lifetime to writing about it. His voluminous writings on the subject have now been collected and edited by John Haffenden. This book shows that Berrymans interest in Shakespeare was that of an expert scholar who thought seriously and deeply about his subject.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=280997 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=290678 This edition of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream allows a variety of approaches to Shakespeare, including historical, feminist, and cultural studies. Shakespeares text is accompanied by an intriguing collection of thematically arranged historical and cultural documents and illustrations, including excerpts from such sources as letters, conduct books, legal documents, and literary works that illuminate the themes of the play. The editors intelligent and engaging introductions to the play and to the documents (which are presented in modern spelling with annotations) offer a richly textured understanding of early modern culture and of Shakespeares work within that culture.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=323160 Reviews criticism of the play, provides insights into Othellos complex form and characters, and analyzes how stage and screen productions have offered fresh interpretations of the tragedy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=281400 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=276922 The famous playwrite wont be a mystery with this guide that explains the meanings behind his sonnets and plays and the history of his life in easy terms. Supplemented with a character list. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=295349 Six more volumes in this recently developed series for middle school and high school students analyze major literary works in terms that help students understand them for higher grades on tests and written reports. More than mere plot summaries, Literature Made Easy books describe classic novels and plays by explaining themes, analyzing characters, and discussing each authors unique style, mastery of language, and point of view. Imaginative and instructive use of graphics help make each book in this series livelier, easier, and more profitable to use than ordinary plot summaries. Books also feature Mind Maps -- diagrams that summarize a literary works most important details, as a way of helping students focus their ideas for exams and term papers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=261677 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=271453 Shakespeares Julius Caesar reflects perennial cultural concerns about order and freedom, particularly as they clash in the figures of Caesar and Brutus. This innovative experiment in Shakespeare literacy provides materials to provoke interpretations of the cultural meanings of Julius Caesar based on historical reactions to the play, allusions to its language, and often unconscious echoes of its symbols. Most of the materials presented here are available in no other printed form. Study questions, project ideas, and bibliographies provide additional sources for examining the cultural and historical context of the play.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=319446 Shakespeares Hamlet, regarded by many as the worlds most famous play by the worlds most famous writer, is one of the most complex, demanding, discussed, and influential literary texts in English. As a means of access to this play, this unique collection of primary materials and commentary will help student and teacher explore historical, literary, theatrical, social, and cultural issues related to the play. In an approach unique for this series, Corum guides the reader through a literary analysis of Hamlets options. He examines the popular theatres of the day in which Shakespeare and his company first produced Hamlet and discusses the genre of tragedy in which it is written. Through judicious selection of primary historical documents, the work provides contexts for understanding Hamlets melancholy, the ghost of Hamlets father, the theme of revenge, and Hamlets feigned madness. Chapters on Gertrude and Ophelia illuminate these characters in the context of the play and early modern English culture.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=170272 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=318038 The fullest and most comprehensive study of Romeo and Juliet in years, this book examines every aspect of the play, including texts and contexts, thematic and critical issues, and performances. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=245709 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=60574 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=318044 Comprehensive introductory guide to textual, contextual, critical, and dramatic aspects of Shakespeares popular history play. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=222625 This rich interdisciplinary collection of primary materials and commentary about Shakespeares Macbeth will help student and teacher explore historical, literary, theatrical, social, and political issues related to the play. Bringing together past and present in its approach to Macbeth, the guide explores topics ranging from Shakespeares stage to modern political events - from historical focus on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and its influence on the play, to theatrical interest in the stage and performance, to thematic connections between Macbeth and modern events such as Watergate and the Oklahoma City bombing. Excerpted documents range from royal proclamations to court confessions, from an actors journal to dramatic criticism, from a short story to movie reviews. Ideas for classroom discussion, student assignments, paper topics, and bibliographies provide additional sources for examining the play in context.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=258962 In detailed commentaries on Shakespeares 154 sonnets, Vendler reveals previously unperceived imaginative and stylistic features of the poems, pointing out not only new levels of import in particular lines, but also the ways in which the four parts of each sonnet work together to enact emotion and create dynamic effect. The commentaries - presented alongside the complete text of each poem, as printed in the 1609 edition and in a modernized version - offer fresh perspectives on the individual poems, and, taken together, provide a full picture of Shakespeares techniques as a working poet. With the help of Vendlers acute eye, we gain an appreciation of Shakespeares elated variety of invention, his ironic capacity, his astonishing refinement of technique, and, above all, the reach of his skeptical imaginative intent. Vendlers understanding of the sonnets informs her readings on an accompanying compact disk, which is bound with the book. This recorded presentation of a selection of the poems, in giving aural form to Shakespeares words, heightens our awareness of voice in lyric and adds the dimension of sound to poems too often registered merely as written words.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=281805 -- Presents concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work-- Provides multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters-- Digests of critical extracts prefaced by headnotes-- The perfect resource for introducing readers to the analytical techniques of literary criticism http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=280710 Includes a brief biography of William Shakespeare, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=279970 -- Presents concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work-- Provides multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters-- Digests of critical extracts prefaced by headnotes-- The perfect resource for introducing readers to the analytical techniques of literary criticism http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=170714 Going against the grain of the dominant scholarship on the period, which generally ignores the impact of Jewish questions in early modern England, James Shapiro shows how Elizabethans imagined Jews to be utterly different from themselves - in religion, race, nationality, and even sexuality. From strange cases of Christians masquerading as Jews to bizarre proposals to settle foreign Jews in Ireland, Shakespeare and the Jews looks into the crisis of cultural identity in that post-Reformation world. Even as Shakespeare has come to embody Englishness itself, The Merchant of Venice, with its exploration of Jewish criminality, conversion, race, alien status, and national identity, now stands at the crossroads of cultural exclusion and cultural longing. In this formidably researched new book, Shapiro sheds fascinating light on the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries and opens new questions about culture and identity in Elizabethan England.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=279972 Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=163558 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=207632 Peter Hyland gives a highly readable account of what is known about Shakespeares life, and maps out the historical, social and intellectual pressures of his time. He provides a comprehensive description of the development of the theatrical profession in Shakespeares England, and of the practical constraints under which the dramatist had to work. Half of the book is devoted to a survey of the plays and examines the numerous controversial issues that arise when we ask precisely what we can know about Shakespeare and his works. For those who want to discover more about Shakespeare and the turbulent times in which his plays were written, and for those who are daunted by the volume or the impenetrable prose of much recent writing on the dramatist, this book will be a stimulating introduction.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=150547 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=93201 In examining historical records, Kay has assembled a story of Shakespeares life - one that shows a man driven to develop his business interests and to preserve his estates in Stratford-upon-Avon. He contends that there is little evidence that Shakespeare was writing with an eye on posterity. Rather, his writing was intimately bound up with his contemporary culture, and particularly with the new art form of the professional theater. Kay argues that in writing for the public stage Shakespeare chose a medium whose tendency to be social and collaborative was especially marked in the culture of early modern England, where the function, value, effects, and even the existence of drama were matters of intense concern. In various chapters Kay describes Shakespeares hometown of Stratford, citing its history and the career of Shakespeares father, his own marriage and appearances in the town records; the curriculum Shakespeare probably followed at the grammar school in Stratford and the evidence the plays provide of his reading throughout his life; English history from the accession of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of James I in 1625, depicting the culture and society of Shakespeares England; London, the city where Shakespeare worked for some 20 years, and the evidence of his activities and residences there; the theatrical industry in which Shakespeare worked, considering the playhouses, acting companies, the playgoers, and changing attitudes to the drama; Elizabethan and Jacobean culture, with special reference to the place of drama; and the three major phases of Shakespeares literary career. Kays research and archival detective work provide a portrait of a man whose plays entertained both royalty and commoners with characters, plots, and subjects that both reflected and illuminated life as they experienced and understood it. Kay shows that Shakespeares works were not created in a vacuum - he demonstrates that an appreciation of the extraordinary genius of Shakespeare can only be enriched and deepened by an awareness of his life and career in the context of his times.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=184391 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=178027 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=261292 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=233390 This edition of Much Ado About Nothing, one of Shakespeares most delightful and theatrically successful comedies, offers, along with a freshly edited text, an exceptionally helpful and critically aware Introduction and commentary. Paying particular attention in his Introduction to analysis of the plays minor characters, Sheldon P. Zitner discusses Shakespeares social transformation of his source material, rethinking the attitudes to gender relations that underlie the comedy and determine its ruefully optimistic view of marriage. Interpretations are advanced less because they are arguable than because they are actable. Allowing for the plays openness to re-interpretation by successive generations of readers and performers, the editor provides a socially analytic stage history. Full notes and commentary continue previous editors work of clarifying textual and performance problems of interest to both readers and actors.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=238740 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=240334 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=217557 An edition of Shakespeares play, including discussion of its production, language, plot and author. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=190809 Like the life of any contained society, writes Bert O. States, the phenomenal life of character reveals itself in a process of endurance, repetition, and interchange within a world that has a coherent character in itself and makes consistent demands on its citizens. One cannot study character thoroughly by making spot behavioral checks. Likening his approach to that of a field anthropologist conducting a long-term study of a single society, States explores the nature of dramatic character by examining the inhabitants of one of the worlds best-known plays. In the first part of Hamlet and the Concept of Character, States lays the theoretical groundwork by exploring such topics as the relationship of character change to character persistence; the theory of traits; the interplay between character and environment; and the problem of the humors and their obvious connection to Hamlet. The second part examines the significance of the major characters of the play (King Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes, Ophelia, and Horatio) in the formation of the Hamlet mystery.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=234063 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=62591 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=62261 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=247231 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=22033 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=172432 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=173406 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=32307 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=62266 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=188514 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=135587 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=151460 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=133926