The Winters Tale: Language and Writing
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Publishing Details
The Winters Tale: Language and Writing
By (Author) Mario DiGangi
Series edited by Prof. Dympna Callaghan
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The Arden Shakespeare
30th June 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Language learning: writing skills
Literature: history and criticism
822.33
Physical Properties
Hardback
184
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
Through expert guidance on understanding, interpreting, and writing about Shakespeares language, this book makes The Winters Tale accessible and exciting for students. It demonstrates that careful attention to Shakespeares complex dramatic language can clarify the structure and concerns of the play, as well as provide deep and satisfying engagement with the social, political and ethical questions Shakespeare raises. Each chapter features a 'Writing Matters' section designed to connect analysis of Shakespeares language to students development of their own writing strategies. The book examines topics in the play such as tragicomic genre; womens assertion of social and political agency; obedience and resistance to rulers; the virtues and risks of following festivity, and disputes over the proper forms of religious devotion.
Author Bio
Mario DiGangi is Professor of English at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA. He is the author of The Homoerotics of Early Modern Drama (1997) and Sexual Types: Embodiment, Agency, and Dramatic Character from Shakespeare to Shirley (2011) and has edited three plays of Shakespeare: The Winters Tale, A Midsummer Nights Dream and Romeo and Juliet.
