The Sources of Shakespeare's Plays

by Kenneth Muir

Book Overview

First published in 1977.

This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan dramatists took such pains as Shakespeare in the collection of source-material. Frequently the sources were apparently incompatible, but Shakespeare's ability to combine a chronicle play, one or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041548913X
• ISBN13: 9780415489133
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"