In this Book
Reading Shakespeare's mind
Book
2017
Published by:
Manchester University Press
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
summary
This book shows that William Shakespeare was a more personal writer than any of his innumerable commentators have realised. It asserts that numerous characters and events were drawn from the author's life, and puts faces to the names of Jaques, Touchstone, Feste, Jessica, the 'Dark Lady' and others.
Steven Sohmer explores aspects of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets that have been hitherto overlooked or misinterpreted in an effort to better understand the man and his work. If you've ever wondered who Pigrogromitus was, or why Jaques spies on Touchstone and Audrey - or what the famous riddle M.O.A.I. stands for - this is the book for you.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title, Copyright
pp. I-iv
Dedication
pp. v-vi
Contents
pp. vii
List of figures
pp. viii
Preface: impersonal Shakespeare
pp. ix-xii
Part I: Shakespeare, lovers, and friends
1. Joining the mice-eyed decipherers
pp. 3-14
2. Marlowe's ghost in As You Like It
pp. 15-52
3. The dark lady of The Merchant of Venice
pp. 53-74
PART II: Queen Elizabeth's Twelfth Night
4. Twelfth Night on Twelfth Night
pp. 77-88
5. Shakespeare's Twelfth Night wordplay
pp. 89-99
6. Shakespeare and Paul in Illyria
pp. 100-109
7. Nashe and Harvey in Illyria
pp. 110-125
8. M.O.A.I. deciphered at last
pp. 126-133
9. Beginning at the beginning
pp. 134-145
10. Tributes private and public
pp. 146-171
Epilogue: personal Shakespeare
pp. 172-174
Longer notes
pp. 175-188
Bibliography
pp. 189-199
Index
pp. 200-212
| ISBN | 9781526113276 |
|---|---|
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 973046181 |
| Pages | 224 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2022-03-10 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Creative Commons | CC-BY-NC-ND |



