Shakespeare's Styles: Essays in Honour of Kenneth Muir - Hardcover
Although Shakespeare is acknowledged to be one of the greatest masters of language the world has known, there are very few books among the thousands devoted to his work which attempt to deal directly with how he uses language. No single book could deal with the 'infinite variety' of tone, diction, imagery, rhythm, and so on which together make up Shakespeare's different styles. But the editors of this book asked a number of distinguished Shakespearian scholars to give an account of what seemed to him or her some particularly interesting and important feature of Shakespeare's use of language. Using a quotation from Shakespeare as a starting point, some authors have focussed their discussion on individual plays; others have ranged more widely under general headings, such as bombast, rhetoric or paradox. The cumulative effect will enable readers, students and theatre-goers to come to a greater awareness of the richness and subtlety of 'Shakespeare's styles'. The three editors are senior Shakespeare critics and scholars and they have all been close associates of Professor Kenneth Muir. It was to honour the life-long devotion of Kenneth Muir to the study of Shakespeare, and to pay a tribute to the inspiration and help which he has given to those who have worked with him, that his new book was devised.
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As a tribute to Kenneth Muir's life-long devotion to the study of Shakespeare, three senior Shakespeare scholars have asked colleagues to give an account of particularly important or interesting features of Shakespeare's use of language. The cumulative effect will enable readers, students and theatre-goers to come to a greater awareness of the richness and subtlety of 'Shakespeare's styles'.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 052122764X
- ISBN 13 9780521227643
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages255
- EditorEdwards Philip, Ewbank Inga-Stina, Hunter G. K.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Several contributors. Comprehensive chapter notes. Includes checklist of writings by Kenneth Muir 1937-1979, plus index. From inner front flap of dustjacket (in full): "Although Shakespeare is acknowledged to be one of the greatest masters of language the world has known, there are very few books among the thousands devoted to his work which attempt to deal directly with how he uses language. No single book could deal with the 'infinite variety' of tone, diction, imagery, rhythm, and so on which together make up Shakespeare's different styles. But the editors of this book asked a number of distinguished Shakespearian scholars to give an account of what seemed to him or her some particularly interesting and important feature of Shakespeare's use of language. Using a quotation from Shakespeare as a starting point, some authors have focussed their discussion on individual plays; others have ranged more widely under general headings, such as bombast, rhetoric or paradox. The cumulative effect will enable readers, students and theatre-goers to come to a greater awareness of the richness and subtlety of 'Shakespeare's styles'. The three editors are senior Shakespeare critics and scholars and they have all been close associates of Professor Kenneth Muir. It was to honour the life-long devotion of Kenneth Muir to the study of Shakespeare, and to pay a tribute to the inspiration and help which he has given to those who have worked with him, that his new book was devised". Printed in Great Britain. Bound in original brown boards with bright gilt lettering to spine, in publisher's unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Ex-library copy with usual library markings, handling wear, otherwise a clean tight solid hardcover copy. 247pp. SB-36. Seller Inventory # 023948
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