Shakespeare and the Idea of Apocrypha: Negotiating the Boundaries of the Dramatic Canon

ISBN-13: 9781107479982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 270 str.

Peter Kirwan

Opis

This book explores the methodologies and assumptions governing answers to the question 'what did Shakespeare actually write?'

Recenzje

'In this smart and timely book, Kirwan returns Shakespeare's apocryphal plays to their original habitat, namely, the repertory of a commercial playing company; thus relocated, the plays may be appraised as they were in their own time: on market value, not authorship.' Roslyn L. Knutson, University of Arkansas

Spis treści

Introduction: the idea of Apocrypha; 1. Canonising the Apocrypha; 2. The Apocrypha in rep; 3. Defining 'Shakespeare'; 4. Apocryphising the canon; Epilogue: an apocryphal identity; Appendix; Works cited; Index.