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Shakespeare's tutor: The influence of Thomas Kyd adds to the
critical and scholarly discussion that seeks to establish the early
modern playwright Thomas Kyd's dramatic canon, and indicates where
and how Kyd contributed to the development of Shakespeare's drama
through influence, collaboration, revision and adaptation. A
further, complementary aim of the book is to demonstrate various
ways in which it is possible to combine statistical analysis with
reading plays as literary and performative works. The book
summarises, extends, and corrects all of the scholarship on Kyd's
authorship of anonymous plays, and reveals the remarkable extent to
which Shakespeare was influenced by his dramatic predecessor. The
book represents a significant intervention in the field of early
modern authorship studies and aims to revolutionise our
understanding of Shakespeare's dramatic development. -- .
Robert Greene holds a significant place in our understanding of
Elizabethan literature. This book offers the most rigorous attempt
yet undertaken to determine the scope of the playwright's canon
through analyses of Greene's verse style, vocabulary, rhyming
habits, and the dramatist's phraseology in his attested plays and
in comparison to four plays that have long been on the margins of
Greene's corpus: Locrine, Selimus, George a Greene, and A Knack to
Know a Knave. The book defines the ranges for Greene's stylistic
habits for the very first time and proceeds to identify parallels
of thought, language, and overall dramaturgy that reveal a single
author's creative consciousness. This volume also casts light on
Greene as a more collaborative dramatist than has hitherto been
acknowledged. Through emphasizing the immediate surroundings in
which Greene was writing - the flourishing of popular theatres in
two compact areas of London, in which each theatre company and
their dra-matists kept a close eye on what their competitors were
producing - Greene emerges as an influential playwright, whose
restored oeuvre enables us to establish new ways in which his
dramatic methods impacted other writers of the period, including
Shakespeare.
'I can't remember a time when I didn't expect to be famous.' This
is the extraordinary story of Daniel Mace, Hollywood star and
bestselling author. All he's ever wanted is immortality, the Holy
Grail. To be remembered when he dies. But as the world of celebrity
begins to hurtle from its axis, he realizes that the only way he
can make his story remembered is through denying the press an
ending. Even if it means devastating the woman he loves. Like a
phoenix building itself a nest out of cinnamon twigs, he prepares
to become reborn... A poignant memoir about love that transcends
time itself, ghosts and pain, Daniel's account is utterly
compelling and unforgettable. * The author would greatly appreciate
reviews of this title.
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