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Published: 1st April 2000
ISBN: 9780720610536
Number Of Pages: 224
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The noted British literary scholar turns her attention to the rarely examined topic of narrative in the plays and offers some new insight into the playwright's craft. Shakespeare makes narrative theatrical and it is as prominent in his craft and language as characterization and imagery. Hardy analyzes key structures, including reflexive narrative and the narrative compoundings used to begin and end plays. She also examines narrative subtleties in the works of Plutarch, Holinshed, Brooke, and Sidney that Shakespeare read. Finally, she explores common narrative techniques -- memory, forecast, and gendered story -- and extensively analyzes these issues in three plays: Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth.
| Preface | p. 9 |
| Introduction | p. 13 |
| Narrative in Life and Art | p. 13 |
| Narrative and Theatre | p. 24 |
| Narrative Constructions | p. 31 |
| Self-Conscious Narrative | p. 33 |
| Some Narrative Beginnings | p. 65 |
| The Story at the End: Narrative Injunction | p. 72 |
| Shakespeare Reading Narrative | p. 91 |
| Themes | p. 113 |
| Arts and Acts of Memory | p. 115 |
| Forecasts and Fantasies | p. 134 |
| Gender and Narrative | p. 157 |
| Plays | p. 175 |
| Hamlet | p. 177 |
| King Lear | p. 190 |
| Macbeth | p. 201 |
| Index | p. 222 |
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ISBN: 9780720610536
ISBN-10: 0720610532
Audience:
Children
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 224
Published: 1st April 2000
Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.23 x 14.61
x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.34
Edition Type: New edition
Earn 66 Qantas Points
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