Shakespeare's Alternative Tales

by Leah Scragg

Book Overview

A knowledge of the history and evolution of the tales on which Shakespeare drew in the composition of his plays is essential for the understanding of his work. In re-telling a particular story, a Renaissance writer was not simply reshaping the structure of the narrative but participating in a species of debate with earlier writers and the meanings their tales had accrued. The stories upon which Shakespeare's plays are constructed did not descend...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582244846
• ISBN13: 9780582244849
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"