Speech and Performance in Shakespeare's Sonnets and Plays

by David Schalkwyk

Book Overview

David Schalkwyk offers a sustained reading of Shakespeare's sonnets in relation to his plays. He argues that the language of the sonnets is primarily performative rather than descriptive, and bases... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052103633X
• ISBN13: 9780521036337
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"