Shakespearean Inside

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William Shakespeare

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  • ISBN 9781474431637
  • Weight: 385g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Feb 2018
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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The first comprehensive and fully systematic study of all soliloquies and solo asides in Shakespeare's plays'The Shakespearean Inside' is a study of all soliloquies and solo asides (dubbed insides for short) in Shakespeare's complete plays. The first step in the research process was the creation of the Shakespearean Inside Database (SID) where these speeches were annotated according to variables of genuine literary interest (such as act, dramatic subgenre, probable time of composition, dramatic speech acts, selected figures of speech, and character attributes such as gender and class). Such comprehensive and detailed data makes it possible to generalize dependably about Shakespeare's authorial habits, and, by extension, to identify situations where the author departs in interesting ways from his habitual practices. The monograph uses these broad patterns and significant exceptions as a backdrop for fresh interpretations of various Shakespeare plays (from early works such as 'The Taming of the Shrew' and 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' to mature tragedies like 'Hamlet' and late plays like 'The Tempest' and 'The Two Noble Kinsmen').Key FeaturesA unique combination of digital annotation and traditional interpretive practices offering fresh insights into Shakespeare's soliloquies and solo asidesBased on a new type of data that allows for dependable and transparent generalisations about Shakespeare's habitual practices, and significant departures from these practices, over time and across subgenresSheds new light on a number of Shakespeare plays, from early comedies to mature tragedies and late romances
Marcus Nordlund is a Reader in English Literature at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He specialises mainly in Shakespeare and English Renaissance literature. His previous publications include The Dark Lantern: A Historical Study of Sight in Shakespeare, Webster and Middleton (1999) and Shakespeare and the Nature of Love: Literature, Culture, Evolution (2007).

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