The Arden Introduction to Reading Shakespeare

Close Reading and Analysis

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Jeremy Lopez

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Shakespeare’s plays are works of art made out of words. To read the plays closely, that is, to pay careful attention to the multiple, shifting meanings of and relationships between their words, is to gain a deep and lasting appreciation for the complex artistry of their construction and of their effects. In fourteen chapters, the book takes readers on a guided tour through some of the most productive sites in Shakespeare’s plays for analysis, providing an introduction to the practice of reading Shakespeare’s plays closely, and some examples of the interpretive work that such close reading can enable. Topics of analysis include verbal patterning, dramatic structure, staging and stage directions, soliloquies and character-construction and poetic meter. This is an ideal teaching text for introductory courses on Shakespeare. Offering a wide range of examples from nearly all of Shakespeare’s plays, it will give students the analytical tools they need to develop sustained close readings of their own.

Author Biography:

Jeremy Lopez is Professor of English at Montclair State University, USA, and the Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly.

Release date NZ

September 20th, 2018

Author

Jeremy Lopez

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

176

ISBN-13

9781472581020

Product ID

25162927

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