Pseudonymous Shakespeare: Rioting Language in the Sidney CircleAn investigation into modes of early modern English literary 'indirection, ' this study could also be considered a detective work on a pseudonym attached to some late sixteenth-century works. In the course of unmasking 'R.L.', McCarthy scrutinizes devices employed by writers in the Sidney coterie: punning, often across languages; repetition-insistence on a sound, or hiding two persons 'under one hood'; disingenuous juxtaposition; evocation of original context; differential spelling (intended and significant). Among McCarthy's stunning-but solidly underpinned-conclusions are: Shakespeare used the pseudonym 'R.L.' among other pseudonyms; one, 'William Smith', was also his 'alias' in life; Shakespeare was at the heart of the Sidney circle, whose literary programme was hostile to Elizabeth I; and his work, composed mainly from the late 1570s to the early 90s, occasionally 'embedded' in the work of others, was covertly alluded to more often than has been recognized |
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First Candidate Robert Langham El Prencipe Negro | 1 |
Supposes | 24 |
Second Candidate Dom Diego | 50 |
More Supposes | 70 |
Third Candidate Friend of Richard Barnfield | 102 |
Further Supposes | 119 |
Fourth Candidate Dick of Lichfield | 142 |
Last Supposes | 166 |
Envoi | 215 |
Bibliography | 230 |
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Pseudonymous Shakespeare: Rioting Language in the Sidney Circle Penny McCarthy Pré-visualização limitada - 2016 |
Pseudonymous Shakespeare: Rioting Language in the Sidney Circle Penny McCarthy Visualização de excertos - 2006 |
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 235 - TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOvED THE AUTHOR MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND WHAT HE HATH LEFT US.
Página 238 - Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello...
Referências a este livro
Shakespeare's Companies: William Shakespeare's Early Career and the Acting ... Terence Schoone-Jongen Pré-visualização limitada - 2008 |
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | Pseudonymous Shakespeare: Rioting Language in the Sidney Circle |
| Autor | Penny McCarthy |
| Edição | ilustrada |
| Editora | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 |
| ISBN | 0754655083, 9780754655084 |
| Número de páginas | 257 páginas |
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