Stanley W. Wells
Autor de The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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Obras de Stanley W. Wells
Shakespeare and Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other… (2007) 286 copias
Shakespeare Survey 40: Current Approaches to Shakespeare through Language, Text and Theatre (1987) 10 copias
Modernizing Shakespeare's Spelling: With Three Studies of the Text of Henry V by Gary Taylor (Oxford Shakespeare… (1979) 6 copias
Re-editing Shakespeare for the Modern Reader: Based on Lectures Given at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington,… (1984) 5 copias
The first annual Shakespeare Globe lecture: Staging Shakespeare's apparitions and dream visions 2 copias
History of King Lear 1 copia
King Lear 1 copia
THE STRATFORD-UPON-AVON LIBRARY 1: THOMAS NASHE: PIERCE PENNILESS HIS SUPPLICATION TO THE DEVIL; SUMMER'S LAST… (1964) 1 copia
'"O Rare Ben Jonson"' in NYRB 59/7, 26 April 2012 [review of Donaldson's 'Ben Jonson: a life'] 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
4 Plays: Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV, Part II; Henry V; Richard II (1994) — Editor, algunas ediciones — 139 copias
Shakespeare Up Close: Reading Early Modern Texts (Arden Shakespeare Library) (2012) — Contribuidor — 13 copias
Lovers made men : a masque presented in the house of the Right Honourable the Lord Hay by divers of noble quality, his… — Editor, algunas ediciones — 1 copia
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- Wells, Stanley William
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1930-05-21
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Educación
- University College London
University of Birmingham - Ocupaciones
- Shakespearean scholar
writer
editor - Organizaciones
- University of Birmingham
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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This is, for my money, the most readable, approachable, intelligent introduction to Shakespeare studies that I've yet found. Each of the book's 45 chapters is written by a different scholar, and edited by Stanley Wells and Lena Cowen Orlin. Over the course of this 45 chapters, readers are given a detailed but comprehensive introduction to the headline topics. This includes Shakespeare's life from birth to death; the theatres and culture of his time; how plays were written, performed, and printed; Shakespeare's genres; close readings of several of the plays; performance practice through the ages; some of the main branches of Shakespearean criticism, ranging from post-colonial and feminist to new historicism; Shakespeare on film and in translation; and Shakespeare online. While the last of those categories is hopelessly outdated, the rest remains invaluable.
What the editors get right is that each chapter is written with a scholarly air, rather than presenting "Shakespeare for Dummies!". At the same time, I wish that some of my Penguin or Arden editions chose to include a few of these morsels. The plain-speaking explanation of the difference between iambs, trochees and spondees will be of much use to someone approaching Shakespeare with trepidation. Each chapter also includes a bibliography for suggested reading, which should be able to direct the keen reader to a wealth of knowledge.
Of course, at the end of the day, most chapters are roughly 10 pages long. This is an overview, and a ground-level one at that. But, after all, the joy of Shakespeare is in the discovery. I recommend this book to all - even if you're fairly well-read - as you'll find many avenues to explore in the future.… (más)