Shakespeare's letters / (Record no. 23661)
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| fixed length control field | 01982nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780199549276 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 928 |
| Item number | STE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author name | Stewart Alan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Shakespeare's letters / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Alan Stewart. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press , |
| Year of publication | 2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xvi, 405 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 22 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction: Searching for Shakespeare's Letters<br/>1:The Materiality of Shakespeare's Letters<br/>2:Shakespeare's Roman Letters<br/>3:Shakespeare and the Carriers<br/>4:Shakespeare is Shylock: Letters of Credit in The Merchant of Venice<br/>5:The Matter of Messengers in King Lear<br/>6:Lovers' lines: Letters to Ophelia<br/>7:Rewriting Hamlet |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Shakespeare's plays are stuffed with letters - 111 appear on stage in all but five of his dramas. But for modern actors, directors, and critics they are frequently an awkward embarrassment. Alan Stewart shows how and why Shakespeare put letters on stage in virtually all of his plays. By reconstructing the very different uses to which letters were put in Shakespeare's time, and recapturing what it meant to write, send, receive, read, and archive a letter, it throws new light on some of his most familiar dramas. Early modern letters were not private missives sent through an anonymous postal system, but a vital - sometimes the only - means of maintaining contact and sending news between distant locations. Penning a letter was a serious business in a period when writers made their own pen and ink; letter-writing protocols were strict; letters were dispatched by personal messengers or carriers, often received and read in public - and Shakespeare exploited all these features to dramatic effect. Surveying the vast range of letters in Shakespeare's oeuvre, the book also features sustained new readings of Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, The Merchant of Venice and Henry IV Part One. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject | biographical or historical works about letters |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library | S Campus | 09/14/2019 | Donated by British Library | 928 STE | 39637 | 12/11/2024 | Books |
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