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Author: Simon Palfrey (Lecturer in English, Lecturer in English, University of Liverpool)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.386kg
ISBN: 9780198186892
ISBN 10: 0198186894
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 06 January 2000
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
<br> Among the most significant books of the year....With every phrase, sentence, paragraph, the writer conveys a mysterious grasp of an aesthetics beyond the power of word to express....Indispensable for its subject. --Studies in English Literature<p><br> Palfrey's nuanced, historically and theoretically informed reading presents Shakespeare's romances as complex, multivocal, open-ended reflections of their troubled political times....Succeeds unequivocally in offering a powerful corrective to the prevailing reading of Shakespeare's romances. --Sixteenth Century Journal<p><br> Presents valuable insights into the undercurrent of turbulence and discord that informs these romantic plays. --Choice<p><br>
`A dazzling and dizzying study. Palfrey's earthy-and -yet-heady style - both entertaining and provocative.' Journal of English and Germanic Philology
A dazzling and dizzying study. Palfrey's earthy-and -yet-heady style - both entertaining and provocative. Journal of English and Germanic Philology
Among the most significant books of the year....With every phrase, sentence, paragraph, the writer conveys a mysterious grasp of an aesthetics beyond the power of word to express....Indispensable for its subject. --Studies in English Literature<br> Palfrey's nuanced, historically and theoretically informed reading presents Shakespeare's romances as complex, multivocal, open-ended reflections of their troubled political times....Succeeds unequivocally in offering a powerful corrective to the prevailing reading of Shakespeare's romances. --Sixteenth Century Journal<br> Presents valuable insights into the undercurrent of turbulence and discord that informs these romantic plays. --Choice<br>
Among the most significant books of the year....With every phrase, sentence, paragraph, the writer conveys a mysterious grasp of an aesthetics beyond the power of word to express....Indispensable for its subject. --Studies in English Literature Palfrey's nuanced, historically and theoretically informed reading presents Shakespeare's romances as complex, multivocal, open-ended reflections of their troubled political times....Succeeds unequivocally in offering a powerful corrective to the prevailing reading of Shakespeare's romances. --Sixteenth Century Journal Presents valuable insights into the undercurrent of turbulence and discord that informs these romantic plays. --Choice
Author Information
Simon Palfrey is Lecturer in English at the University of Melbourne.
