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Antony and Cleopatra: Language and Writing
Taschenbuch von Virginia Mason Vaughan
Sprache: Englisch

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Reading Antony and Cleopatra is particularly challenging because of Shakespeare's masterful embodiment of Rome and Egypt's contrasting worlds in language, structure, and characterization.
Instead of seeing the interaction of Roman and Egyptian perspectives in Antony and Cleopatra as a type of double image of reality that changes as one moves from one location to another, students often find themselves compelled to pick sides. The more romantic opt for Cleopatra as the most sympathetic character, while the pragmatists dismiss her lifestyle as self-indulgent. The central challenge in reading this play, in other words, is to resist the compulsion to take sides and, instead, to adopt a 'both-and' point of view rather than an 'either-or' choice. The play's central binary - Rome vs. Egypt - is deeply embedded in its language and structure, yet the play consistently complicates our view of either side. The book encourages students to think outside the binary box, to understand, and to celebrate, Shakespeare's exploitation of the multivalent nature of language.

As well as helping students to analyse the intricacy of Shakespeare's language in Antony and Cleopatra, each chapter's 'Writing matters' section enables students to develop their own writing strategies in coursework and examinations.
Reading Antony and Cleopatra is particularly challenging because of Shakespeare's masterful embodiment of Rome and Egypt's contrasting worlds in language, structure, and characterization.
Instead of seeing the interaction of Roman and Egyptian perspectives in Antony and Cleopatra as a type of double image of reality that changes as one moves from one location to another, students often find themselves compelled to pick sides. The more romantic opt for Cleopatra as the most sympathetic character, while the pragmatists dismiss her lifestyle as self-indulgent. The central challenge in reading this play, in other words, is to resist the compulsion to take sides and, instead, to adopt a 'both-and' point of view rather than an 'either-or' choice. The play's central binary - Rome vs. Egypt - is deeply embedded in its language and structure, yet the play consistently complicates our view of either side. The book encourages students to think outside the binary box, to understand, and to celebrate, Shakespeare's exploitation of the multivalent nature of language.

As well as helping students to analyse the intricacy of Shakespeare's language in Antony and Cleopatra, each chapter's 'Writing matters' section enables students to develop their own writing strategies in coursework and examinations.
Über den Autor
Virginia Mason Vaughan is Professor Emerita and Research Professor at Clark University, USA. She is a leading international expert on The Tempest, and co-editor of the Arden Third Series edition of the play.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Language in Print
Writing Matters
Language: Forms and Uses
Writing Matters
Language Through Time
Writing Matters
Writing Skills
Further Reading
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472504999
ISBN-10: 1472504992
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vaughan, Virginia Mason
Redaktion: Callaghan, Dympna
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 198 x 126 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Virginia Mason Vaughan
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2015
Gewicht: 0,205 kg
Artikel-ID: 104636449
Über den Autor
Virginia Mason Vaughan is Professor Emerita and Research Professor at Clark University, USA. She is a leading international expert on The Tempest, and co-editor of the Arden Third Series edition of the play.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Language in Print
Writing Matters
Language: Forms and Uses
Writing Matters
Language Through Time
Writing Matters
Writing Skills
Further Reading
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472504999
ISBN-10: 1472504992
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vaughan, Virginia Mason
Redaktion: Callaghan, Dympna
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 198 x 126 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Virginia Mason Vaughan
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2015
Gewicht: 0,205 kg
Artikel-ID: 104636449
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