Shakespeare, National Poet-Playwright (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521072250)

Reassessing Shakespeare as a poet and dramatist, Patrick Cheney contests critical preoccupation with Shakespeare as "a man of the theatre" by reclaiming his original standing as an early modern author. Cheney considers him as a working dramatist who composed extraordinary poems and traces Shakespeare's literary origins to his favorite author, Ovid. Although the book concentrates on Shakespeare's poems, it makes frequent reference to the plays, and ranges widely through the work of other Renaissance writers.

Author: Patrick Cheney
ISBN-10: 0521072255
ISBN-13: 9780521072250
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/14/2008
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d