The Sources of Shakespeare's Plays

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, British
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Author: Kenneth Muir ISBN: 9781317833413
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 4, 2014
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Kenneth Muir
ISBN: 9781317833413
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 4, 2014
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

First published in 1977.

This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan dramatists took such pains as Shakespeare in the collection of source-material. Frequently the sources were apparently incompatible, but Shakespeare's ability to combine a chronicle play, one or two prose chronicles, two poems and a pastoral romance without any sense of incongruity, was masterly. The plays are examined in approximately chronological order and Shakespeare's developing skill becomes evident.

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First published in 1977.

This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan dramatists took such pains as Shakespeare in the collection of source-material. Frequently the sources were apparently incompatible, but Shakespeare's ability to combine a chronicle play, one or two prose chronicles, two poems and a pastoral romance without any sense of incongruity, was masterly. The plays are examined in approximately chronological order and Shakespeare's developing skill becomes evident.

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