The two noble kinsmen /
"Since the late twentieth century, when scholarly attention began to focus on sexuality, collaboration and Shakespeare's late plays, The Two Noble Kinsmen has become an essential script. Turner and Tatspaugh's edition presents a strong case for taking the play more seriously now than...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | New Cambridge Shakespeare.
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| Online Access: | Cover image Publisher description Table of contents only |
| Summary: | "Since the late twentieth century, when scholarly attention began to focus on sexuality, collaboration and Shakespeare's late plays, The Two Noble Kinsmen has become an essential script. Turner and Tatspaugh's edition presents a strong case for taking the play more seriously now than ever before. A lively introduction discusses Shakespeare's craftsmanship in adapting a medieval tale for the Jacobean stage, the extent of co-authorship with John Fletcher, the rhetorical complexity of Shakespeare's late style, the themes of sexuality and friendship, and contemporary critical responses to the play. In addition to presenting a detailed history of performance, the edition calls attention to productions that have demonstrated the play's theatrical vitality and solved - or failed to solve - difficulties inherent in the text. Bringing the textual history completely up to date, the edition reflects renewed interest in The Two Noble Kinsmen, confirming it as a play for today"-- |
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| Item Description: | The earliest surviving text of The two noble kinsmen is the 1634 quarto, attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780521432702 0521432707 9780521686990 (pbk.) 0521686997 (pbk.) |