Shakespeare at Work (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198119661)

Why did Shakespeare revise his plays? In a brilliant and pioneering analysis, the distinguished critic John Jones explores the critical and dramatic significance of Shakespeare's revisions. Analyzing such plays as Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Troilus and Cressida, he reveals the artistic impact of the revisions and their importance for our understanding of each play's moral and metaphysical foundations.

Author: Mari C. Jones,John Jones
ISBN-10: 0198119666
ISBN-13: 9780198119661
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 02/29/1996
Pages: 302
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d