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Shakespeare and the Origins of English.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191529757
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shakespeare and the Origins of EnglishDDC classification:
  • 822.33
LOC classification:
  • PR2976.R46 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. RENAISSANCE ARTICULATIONS -- 1.1 Language as Living Speech -- 1.2 Hamlet's Media Studies -- 2. DID SHAKESPEARE STUDY CREATIVE WRITING? -- 2.1 School Ties -- 2.2 Writing against the Academy -- 3. BOTH SIDES NOW -- 3.1 Speech-Writing -- 3.2 Problems at Work -- 3.3 Shakespeare's Controversial Plots -- 4. VERNACULAR VALUES -- 4.1 Native Feet -- 4.2 Shakespeare the Barbarian -- 5. COMMONPLACE SHAKESPEARE -- 5.1 Shakespeare's Computer -- 5.2 Resources for English -- 6. THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH -- 6.1 From Rhetoric to Criticism -- 6.2 Shakespeare and the Language of the Heart -- AFTERWORD -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: What did Shakespeare learn at school? Did he study creative writing? This book addresses these and similar questions as the author shows where the modern subject of 'English' came from, and what part Shakespeare played in its formation. By looking at the origins of English we gain a new perspective on the subject as it is practised today.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. RENAISSANCE ARTICULATIONS -- 1.1 Language as Living Speech -- 1.2 Hamlet's Media Studies -- 2. DID SHAKESPEARE STUDY CREATIVE WRITING? -- 2.1 School Ties -- 2.2 Writing against the Academy -- 3. BOTH SIDES NOW -- 3.1 Speech-Writing -- 3.2 Problems at Work -- 3.3 Shakespeare's Controversial Plots -- 4. VERNACULAR VALUES -- 4.1 Native Feet -- 4.2 Shakespeare the Barbarian -- 5. COMMONPLACE SHAKESPEARE -- 5.1 Shakespeare's Computer -- 5.2 Resources for English -- 6. THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH -- 6.1 From Rhetoric to Criticism -- 6.2 Shakespeare and the Language of the Heart -- AFTERWORD -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

What did Shakespeare learn at school? Did he study creative writing? This book addresses these and similar questions as the author shows where the modern subject of 'English' came from, and what part Shakespeare played in its formation. By looking at the origins of English we gain a new perspective on the subject as it is practised today.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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