Shakespeare and the story : aspects of creation
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Shakespeare and the story : aspects of creation
（Bloomsbury academic collections, . English literary criticism: pre-1700）
Bloomsbury Academic, 2013
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Athlone Press, 1978
Includes index
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Description
It is a commonplace of Shakespeare criticism that he invented few of the plots of his plays and the sources he drew upon have been often and rewardingly studied. The emphasis of this book, however, is not on sources but on what may be called Shakespeare's story-telling technique especially as seen in the articulation and pacing of events. Ranging widely through the canon, the book identifies characteristic problems and achievements which occur in the course of Shakespeare's handling of his story material. Different aspects of Shakespeare's treatment of, and attitude to, story are studied with reference groups of plays and, in two final chapters, essays on Hamlet and King Lear apply and extend the findings of the preceding discussions. The point of view adopted serves, above all, to bring out the vitality and resourcefulness of Shakespeare's creative imagination, recognition of which must underpin all commentary but may easily be lost to sight in the increasing sophistication of criticism and scholarship.
Table of Contents
- 1 The Work of Creation 2 Growth and Change (i) 3 Growth and Change (ii) 4 Doing without Events
- or the Art of Conversation 5 Good Husbandry 6 More Patterns and Variants: Crimes and Consequences 7 Hamlet: The Triumph of a Programme 8 King Lear Conclusion Index
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