Rhythm and Meaning in Shakespeare: A Guide for Readers and Actors

by Peter Groves

Rhythm and Meaning in Shakespeare explores the rhythmical organization of Shakespeare's verse and how it creates and reinforces meaning both in the theatre and in the mind of the reader. Because metrical form in the pentameter is not passively present in the text, but rather something that the performer must co-operatively re-create in speaking it, pentameter is what John Barton calls "stage-direction in shorthand," a supple instrument through which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921867817
• ISBN13: 9781921867811
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Monash University Publishing
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"