The Sources of Shakespeare's Plays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415489133)

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.

Author: Kenneth Muir
ISBN-10: 041548913X
ISBN-13: 9780415489133
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2009
Pages: 330
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d