Shakespeare's borrowed feathers
Darren Freebury-Jones
Belletristik / Essays, Feuilleton, Literaturkritik, Interviews
Beschreibung
A fascinating book exploring the early modern authors who helped to shape Shakespeare’s beloved plays.
Shakespeare’s plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playwrights who influenced him? Using the latest techniques in textual analysis Shakespeare's borrowed feathers offers a fresh look at William Shakespeare and reveals the influence of a community of playwrights that shaped his work. This compelling book argues that we need to see early modern drama as a communal enterprise, with playwrights borrowing from and adapting one another's work.
From John Lyly's wit to the collaborative genius of John Fletcher, to Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson, Shakespeare's borrowed feathers offers fresh insights into Shakespeare’s artistic development and shows us new ways of looking at the masterpieces that have enchanted audiences for centuries.
Kundenbewertungen
anxiety of influence, Globe Theatre, George Peele, Taming of the Shrew, Timon of Athens, Thomas Middleton, Shakespeare's Birthplace, Elizabethan drama, Thomas Kyd, Blackfriars Theatre, Elizabethan theatre, The Tempest, Ben Jonson, All’s Well that Ends Well, Farah Karim Cooper, John Fletcher, Measure for Measure, Christopher Marlowe, authorship, Robert Greene, Titus Andronicus, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, James S Shapiro, John Lyly