Shakespeare--the theater and the book / Robert S. Knapp.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- NOTE ON TEXTS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- ONE. The Literariness of Shakespeare -- TWO. The Body of the Sign -- THREE. The Idea of the Play -- FOUR. The Moving Image -- FIVE. Shakespearean Authority -- Index.

This book explores the reasons for the lasting freshness and modernity of Shakespeare's plays, while revising the standard history of English medieval and Renaissance drama. Robert Knapp argues that changes in the authority of English monarchs, in the differentiation and integration of English society, in the realization of human figures on stage, and in the understanding of signs helped produce scripts that still compel us to the act of interpretationOriginally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

In English.

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