Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594
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- Editors:
- Rory Loughnane, University of Kent, Canterbury
- Andrew J. Power, University of Sharjah
- Date Published: April 2020
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- isbn: 9781108852487
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Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594 draws together leading scholars of text, performance, and theatre history to offer a rigorous re-appraisal of Shakespeare's early career. The contributors offer rich new critical insights into the theatrical and poetic context in which Shakespeare first wrote and his emergence as an author of note, while challenging traditional readings of his beginnings in the burgeoning theatre industry. Shakespeare's earliest works are treated on their own merit and in their own time without looking forward to Shakespeare's later achievements; contributors situate Shakespeare, in his twenties, in a very specific time, place, and cultural moment. The volume features essays about Shakespeare's early style, characterisation, and dramaturgy, together with analysis of his early co-authors, rivals, and influences (including Lyly, Spenser and Marlowe). This collection provides essential entry points to, and original readings of, the poet-dramatist's earliest extant writings and shines new light on his first activities as a professional author.
Read more- Sets out the main new findings and current debates about the early Shakespeare canon, a period widely overlooked or misunderstood in twentieth and early twenty-first century criticism
- Responds to recent critical work which fundamentally revises our understanding of Shakespeare's early career, including pushing the date of Shakespeare's earliest extant writings into the 1580s and the identification of new plays and new co-authors in the early canon
- Situates Shakespeare's early working life in the context of several of his peers, including John Lyly, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe and others
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'… a major reappraisal of Shakespeare's early career …' Dalya Alberge, The Observer
See more reviews'Early Shakespeare is a valuable, attentively edited volume … there is no doubt that this book will offer its readers considerable food for thought.' Gordon McMullan, Times Literary Supplement
'… an engaging and far-reaching volume that instructively reappraises Shakespeare's early dramatic texts. …the book encourages a number of new discussions of 'earliness' including the importance of authorial collaboration, inter-textual borrowings, and acting traditions that distinguish Shakespeare's early style … a thought-provoking study.' Benjamin Blyth, Early Theatre Review
'Like the previous volume, this collection will be of great interest to all readers of Shakespeare; it is required reading for Shakespeare scholars.' Ian Mcadam, Renaissance and Reformation
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- Date Published: April 2020
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781108852487
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Beginning with Shakespeare Rory Loughnane and Andrew J. Power
1. Shakespeare and the idea of early authorship Rory Loughnane
2. Collaboration and Shakespeare's early career Will Sharpe
3. The language and style of early Shakespeare Goran Stanivokuvic
4. Shakespeare's early verse style: Titus Andronicus, Venus and Adonis, Arden of Faversham MacDonald P. Jackson
5. Early Shakespeare, Chaucer, and narrative theory: Arden of Faversham and (the) Franklin's Tale Laurie Maguire
6. Poetry, counsel and coercion in Shakespeare's early history plays Harriet Archer
7. John Lyly and Shakespeare's early career Andy Kesson
8. Spenser and Shakespeare: bards of a feather? Willy Maley
9. Arden of Faversham, Richard Burbage, and the early Shakespeare canon Terri Bourus
10. Boy parts in early Shakespeare Andrew J. Power
11. The origins of Richard Duke of York John Jowett
12. Early Shakespeare and the authorship of The Taming of the Shrew John V. Nance
13. Who read what when? Gary Taylor
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