Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xiv, 167 pages : illustrations; 20 cm

Summary

1. This compact, engaging book puts Shakespeare's originality in historical context and looks at how he worked with his sources: the plays, poems, chronicles and romances on which his own plays are based.
2. "How original was Shakespeare and how was Shakespeare original? This lucid, innovative book sets about answering these questions by putting them in historical context and investigating how the dramatist worked with his sources: plays, poems, chronicles and prose romances. Shakespeare's Originality unlocks its topic with rewarding precision and flair, showing through a series of case studies that range across the output-from the mature comedies to the great tragedies, from Richard III to The Tempest--what can be learned about the artistry of the plays by thinking about these sources (including newly identified ones) after several decades of neglect. Discussion is enriched by such matters as Elizabethan ruffs and feathers, actors' footwork, chronicle history, modern theatre productions, debts to classical tragedy, scepticism, magic and science, the agricultural revolution, and ecological catastrophe. This is authoritative, lively work by one of the world's leading Shakespearians, accessible to the general reader as well as indispensable for students." -- Publisher's description

Series statement

1. Oxford Wells Shakespeare lectures

Uniform title

1. Oxford Wells Shakespeare lectures.

Subject

1. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
2. Originality
3. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation

Contents

1. Introduction -- Upstarts and Much ado -- Shakespeare afoot -- King Lear and its origins -- The tempest to 1756 -- Notes.

Call number

1. JFD 18-2553

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-156) and index.

Author

1. Kerrigan, John, author.

Title

1. Shakespeare's originality / John Kerrigan.

Publisher

1. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Copyright date

1. 2018

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Oxford Wells Shakespeare lectures
2. Oxford Wells Shakespeare lectures.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-156) and index.

LCCN

1. 2017953311

ISBN

1. 0198793758
2. 9780198793755

Research call number

1. JFD 18-2553