The merry wives of Windsor /
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
The merry wives of Windsor / edited by David Crane. - Updated ed. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xi, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - New Cambridge Shakespeare . - Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. 1984. Cambridge University Press. Works. .
Includes bibliographical references.
"This new edition of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor focuses on a theatrical understanding of the play. While emphasising the liveliness of the play in stage terms, David Crane also claims that this citizen comedy needs to be taken much more seriously than in the past, as an expression of Shakespeare's fundamental understanding of human life, conveyed centrally in the character of Falstaff. In the process he also examines Shakespeare's free and vigorous use of different linguistic worlds within the play. The revision of this edition includes a response to some current arguments about the dating of Merry Wives, and also considers how recent productions bear upon the critical and theatrical account Crane gives of the play"--Provided by publisher.
9780521197106 0521197104 9780521146814 (pbk.) 052114681X (pbk.)
2010000053
GBA9A8601 bnb
015415019 Uk
Shakespeare, William ((The)) merry wives of Windsor.
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Married women--Drama.
Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England)--Drama.
Kommentar.
PR 2826 .A2 / C74 2010
822.3/3
The merry wives of Windsor / edited by David Crane. - Updated ed. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xi, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - New Cambridge Shakespeare . - Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. 1984. Cambridge University Press. Works. .
Includes bibliographical references.
"This new edition of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor focuses on a theatrical understanding of the play. While emphasising the liveliness of the play in stage terms, David Crane also claims that this citizen comedy needs to be taken much more seriously than in the past, as an expression of Shakespeare's fundamental understanding of human life, conveyed centrally in the character of Falstaff. In the process he also examines Shakespeare's free and vigorous use of different linguistic worlds within the play. The revision of this edition includes a response to some current arguments about the dating of Merry Wives, and also considers how recent productions bear upon the critical and theatrical account Crane gives of the play"--Provided by publisher.
9780521197106 0521197104 9780521146814 (pbk.) 052114681X (pbk.)
2010000053
GBA9A8601 bnb
015415019 Uk
Shakespeare, William ((The)) merry wives of Windsor.
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Married women--Drama.
Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England)--Drama.
Kommentar.
PR 2826 .A2 / C74 2010
822.3/3