Shakespeare's Workplace: Essays on Shakespearean Theatre

by Andrew Gurr

Book Overview

Shakespeare was easily the most inventive writer using the English language. His plays give us intricacies of vocabulary and usage that have enriched us immeasurably. This book provides a series of analytical essays on the marginalia relating to the plays. Each of them is a searching and authoritative account, packed with details, of some of the more peculiar conditions under which Shakespeare and his peers composed their playbooks. Among the essays...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107167841
• ISBN13: 9781107167841
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"