Lukas Erne
Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist
- ISBN 13:
- 9781107685062
- author:
- Lukas Erne
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 323
- Dimensions:
- 22.8 x 15 x 1.7 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, European,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist by Lukas Erne is a groundbreaking study that challenges conventional views of Shakespeare's work. The author argues that Shakespeare was not only a playwright for the stage, but also a literary dramatist who wrote reading texts for the page. Erne examines the evidence from early published playbooks to show that many of Shakespeare's plays were written with a readership in mind, and that these "literary" texts would have been abridged for performance. The variant early texts of Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, and Hamlet reveal important insights into the different media for which Shakespeare designed his plays. This revised edition includes a new and substantial preface that reviews and intervenes in the controversy surrounding the study, as well as a list of responses to or building on the first edition.
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