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Shakespeare's Imagery and What It Tells Us by Caroline Spurgeon (1935, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521092582
ISBN-139780521092586
eBay Product ID (ePID)102890183
Product Key Features
Number of Pages444 Pages
Publication NameShakespeare's Imagery and What It Tells Us
LanguageEnglish
SubjectShakespeare, Rhetoric, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year1935
TypeTextbook
AuthorCaroline Spurgeon
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsSomething quite new in criticism, illuminating the operations of Shakespeares mind and the principles of his art as they have never been illuminated before. No student of Shakespeare or of the workings of imagination can afford to miss this entrancing book. Edwin Muir, The Scotsman, 'The most significant book on Shakespeare published since Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy.' H. B. Charlton, Manchester Guardian, 'Something quite new in criticism, illuminating the operations of Shakespeare's mind and the principles of his art as they have never been illuminated before. No student of Shakespeare or of the workings of imagination can afford to miss this entrancing book.' Edwin Muir, The Scotsman, 'The most significant book on Shakespeare published since Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy.'H. B. Charlton, Manchester Guardian
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal822.33
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments; Preface; Part I. The Revelation of the Man: 1. The aim and method explained; 2. Shakespeare's Imagery compared with that of Marlowe and Bacon; 3. Imagery of Shakespeare and other dramatists compared; 4. The subject-matter of Shakespeare's images; 5. Shakespeare's senses; 6. Shakespeare's tastes and interests; 7. Shakespeare's tastes and interests (continued); 8. Evidence in the images of Shakespeare's thought; 9. Evidence in the image of Shakespeare's thought (continued); 10. Association of ideas; 11. Shakespeare the man; Part II. The Function of the Imagery as Background and Under-Tone in Shakespeare's Art: 12. Leading motives in the histories; 13. Leading motives in the comedies; 14. Leading motives in the romances; 15. Leading motives in the tragedies; Appendices; Index.
SynopsisCaroline Spurgeon's pioneering study of the imagery of Shakespeare's plays shows how much light can be thrown on Shakespeare's own mind and thought and on the themes and characters of the plays by a detailed examination of his imagery. At the same time she contrasts Shakespeare with other dramatists of his time, including Marlowe, Bacon, Ben Jonson and Dekker., Caroline Spurgeon's pioneer study of the imagery of Shakespeare's plays shows how much light can be thrown on Shakespeare's own mind and thought and on the themes and characters of the plays by a detailed examination of his imagery. At the same time she contrasts Shakespeare with other dramatists of his time, including Marlowe, Bacon, Ben Jonson and Dekker., Caroline Spurgeons pioneer study of the imagery of Shakespeares plays shows how much light can be thrown on Shakespeares own mind and thought and on the themes and characters of the plays by a detailed examination of his imagery. At the same time she contrasts Shakespeare with other dramatists of his time, including Marlowe, Bacon, Ben Jonson and Dekker.
LC Classification NumberPR3081
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