Shakespeare by Gabriel Egan

Shakespeare by Gabriel Egan

This book helps the reader make sense of the most commonly studied writer in the world. It starts with a brief explanation of how Shakespeare's writings have come down to us as a series of scripts for actors in the early modern theatre industry of London. The main chapters of the book approach the texts through a series of questions: 'what's changed since Shakespeare's time?', 'to what uses has Shakespeare been put?', and 'what value is there in Shakespeare?' These questions go to the heart of why we study Shakespeare at all, which question the book encourages the readers to answer for themselves in relation to their own critical writing.

In a series of direct, clear, unpatrionising chapters, Egan shows some of the ways in which questions of genre, authorship, context, performance and readers' preoccupations can enter into critical readings of Shakespeare's plays..'Shakespeare' can be genuinely useful for undergraduates, teachers who are not Shakespeare specialists, and some bright A level students. Use of English In a series of direct, clear, unpatrionising chapters, Egan shows some of the ways in which questions of genre, authorship, context, performance and readers' preoccupations can enter into critical readings of Shakespeare's plays...'Shakespeare' can be genuinely useful for undergraduates, teachers who are not Shakespeare specialists, and some bright A level students.

Gabriel Egan is Lecturer in English in the Department of English and Drama at Loughborough University.

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ISBN 13	9780748623723
ISBN 10	0748623728
Title	Shakespeare
Author	Gabriel Egan
Series	Edinburgh Critical Guides To Literature
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Year published	2007-11-21
Number of pages	224
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