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Much Ado about Nothing has always been popular on the stage. This
edition pays especial attention to the history and range of
theatrical interpretation, in which famous actors, from the time of
Garrick to the present, have appeared as the sparring lovers
Benedick and Beatrice. A full commentary includes annotation of the
many sexual jokes in the play that have been obscured by the
complexity of Elizabethan language. In this new edition, Travis D.
Williams reviews recent stage, television, film and critical
interpretations of the play, considering treatment of the play's
special interest in language, bodies and gender.
This landmark collection of newly-commissioned essays by leading
international scholars, offers expert close readings of Shakespeare
and other early modern authors. The book is an intervention into
current critical methodology as well as an invaluable tool for all
students of the literature of the period, exemplifying the
possibilities of close reading in the hands of a range of gifted
practitioners. Chapters cover a range of key texts from Shakespeare
and other major writers of the period such as Milton, Donne, Jonson
and Sidney.
This is a unique collection as no other book offers such a rich
variety of self-contained, short-form close readings. As such it
can be used in the undergraduate classroom as well as by scholars
and post-graduates and will also appeal to literary readers with an
enthusiasm for Shakespeare. Contributors include leading
Shakespeareans Stanley Wells, Stanley Fish, Coppelia Kahn and Lukas
Erne.
Much Ado about Nothing has always been popular on the stage. This
edition pays especial attention to the history and range of
theatrical interpretation, in which famous actors, from the time of
Garrick to the present, have appeared as the sparring lovers
Benedick and Beatrice. A full commentary includes annotation of the
many sexual jokes in the play that have been obscured by the
complexity of Elizabethan language. In this new edition, Travis D.
Williams reviews recent stage, television, film and critical
interpretations of the play, considering treatment of the play's
special interest in language, bodies and gender.
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