Meaning by Shakespeare /
Hawkes, Terence,
Meaning by Shakespeare / Terence Hawkes. - x,173 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
We traditionally assume that the `meaning' of each of Shakespeares plays is bequeathed to it by the Bard. It is as if, to the information which used to be given in theatrical programmes, `Cigarettes by Abdullah, Costumes by Motley, Music by Mendelssohn', we should add `Meaning by Shakespeare'. These essays rest on a different, almost opposite, principle. Developing the arguments of the same author's That Shakespearean Rag (1986), they put the case that Shakespeare's plays have no essential meanings, but function as resources which we use to generate meaning. A Midsummer Night'.
0415074509 (cased) 0415074517 (pbk) 9780415074513
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Reader-response criticism.
--Reading book
822.33 / HAW
Meaning by Shakespeare / Terence Hawkes. - x,173 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
We traditionally assume that the `meaning' of each of Shakespeares plays is bequeathed to it by the Bard. It is as if, to the information which used to be given in theatrical programmes, `Cigarettes by Abdullah, Costumes by Motley, Music by Mendelssohn', we should add `Meaning by Shakespeare'. These essays rest on a different, almost opposite, principle. Developing the arguments of the same author's That Shakespearean Rag (1986), they put the case that Shakespeare's plays have no essential meanings, but function as resources which we use to generate meaning. A Midsummer Night'.
0415074509 (cased) 0415074517 (pbk) 9780415074513
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Reader-response criticism.
--Reading book
822.33 / HAW