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- Reading Shakespeare's mind
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- 2017
- Published by: Manchester University Press
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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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
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- Title, Copyright
- pp. I-iv
- Dedication
- pp. v-vi
- List of figures
- p. viii
- Preface: impersonal Shakespeare
- pp. ix-xii
- Part I: Shakespeare, lovers, and friends
- 2. Marlowe's ghost in As You Like It
- pp. 15-52
- PART II: Queen Elizabeth's Twelfth Night
- 4. Twelfth Night on Twelfth Night
- pp. 77-88
- 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
Additional Information
ISBN
9781526113276
MARC Record
OCLC
973046181
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2022-03-10
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND