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King Richard III: Language and Writing
Contributor(s): Lemon, Rebecca (Author), Callaghan, Dympna (Editor)
ISBN: 1474253342     ISBN-13: 9781474253345
Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
OUR PRICE:   $25.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Shakespeare
Series: Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.40 lbs) 200 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:

A new type of study aid which combines lively critical insight with practical guidance on the critical writings skills students need to develop in order to engage fully with Shakespeare's texts. The book's core focus is on language: both understanding and enjoying Shakespeare's complex dramatic language, and expanding the student's own critical vocabulary as they respond to the play.
The book explores several different approaches to Shakespeare's language. It looks at how the subtleties of Shakespeare's language reveal the thought processes and motivations of his characters, often in ways those characters themselves don't recognise; it analyses how Shakespeare's language works within or sometimes against various historical contexts, the contexts of stage performance, of genre and of discourses of his day (of religion, law, commerce, and friendship); and it explores how the peculiarities of Shakespeare's language often point to broad issues, themes, or ways of thinking that transcend any one character or line of action. Each chapter includes a Writing Matters section, giving students ideas and guidance for building their own critical response to the play and the skills to articulate it with confidence.

Contributor Bio(s): Callaghan, Dympna: - Dympna Callaghan is Dean's Professor in the Humanities at Syracuse University and works on early modern English Literature. She has held fellowships at the Newberry, Folger, and Huntington Libraries, has been a British Academy Visiting Professor and is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. She is an active member of the interdisciplinary Syracuse University Medieval-Renaissance group of faculty and graduate students. Her books include editions of Shakespeare's The Duchess of Malfi, The Taming of the Shrew and Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as Shakespeare Without Women, Woman and Gender in Renaissance Tragedy, and Impact of Feminism in English Renaissance Studies.