Shakespeare

by Bevington, David M.

• ISBN13: 9780631227199
• ISBN10: 0631227199
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub

Summary

In this inspiring introduction to the extraordinary phenomenon of Shakespeare, leading scholar, David Bevington, asks what makes Shakespeare great, and why we still read and perform his works.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii
To the Reader	ix
All the World's a Stage: Poetry and Theatre	1	(28)
Creeping Like Snail: Childhood, Education, Early Friendship, Sibling Rivalries	29	(29)
Sighing Like Furnace: Courtship and Sexual Desire	58	(21)
Full of Strange Oaths and Bearded Like the Pard: The Coming-of-Age of the Male	79	(18)
Jealous in Honour: Love and Friendship in Crisis	97	(28)
Wise Saws: Political and Social Disillusionment, Humankind's Relationship to the Divine, and Philosophical Scepticism	125	(33)
Modern Instances: Misogyny, Jealousy, Pessimism, and Midlife Crisis	158	(31)
The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon: Ageing Fathers and their Daughters	189	(23)
Last Scene of All: Retirement from the Theatre	212	(25)
Notes	237	(5)
Further Reading	242	(5)
Index	247