Doing Shakespeare

A thoroughly revised edition of the successful student text Doing Shakespeare, first published in 2005. The book's success lies in the close readings of speeches and scenes it gives students, demystifying the language of the plays and critical approaches to them. This new edition introduces a new way of approaching Shakespeare's text, through ideas of performance and the actor's role and restructures the content to make it easier to navigate, with clear signposting throughout, guiding students to the content most useful to them. Simon Palfrey takes a direct approach to the common difficulties faced by students "doing" Shakespeare and tackles them head-on in a no-nonsense style, making the book especially accessible. He brings us much closer to the animate life of the plays, as things that are not finished monuments but living material, in process and up for grabs, empowering students to see opportunities for their own creative or re-creative readings of Shakespeare.

ISBN 1408132141   Weight (grammes) 386 ISBN13 9781408132142 (What's this?)   Published in London Publisher A & C Black Publishers Ltd   Series title Arden Shakespeare Imprint Arden Shakespeare   Previous ISBN 9781904271543 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 198 Publication date 07 Jul 2011   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 822.33   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 372