Synopses & Reviews
Contents: 'Jack hath not Jill': Failed Courtship in Lyly and Shakespeare, David Bevington; Truth and Art in History Plays, G.K. Hunter; Chronicles and Mythmaking in Shakespeare's Joan of Arc, Richard F. Hardin; King John and Embarassing Women, Juliet Dusinberre; Golding's Ovid, Shakespeare's 'Small Latin', and the Real Object of Mockery in 'Pyramus and Thisbe', Anthony Brian Taylor; Ovid and the Sonnets; or, did Shakespeare Feel the Anxiety of Influence?, Jonathan Bate; The Play of Sir Thomas More and Some Contemporary Events, E.A.J. Honigmann; 'Nobody's Perfect': Actors' Memories and Shakespeare's Plays of the 1590s, Lois Potter; The Boyhood of Shakespeare's Heroines, P.H. Parry; Shakespeare's 'Brawl Ridiculous', Charles Edelman; Shakespeare's Handwriting, Giles E. Dawson. Also Shakespeare Performances in England 1987-8, and The Year's Contributions to Shakespeare Studies.
Synopsis
Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production.
Table of Contents
1. Jack hath not Jill: failed courtship in Lyly and Shakespeare David Bevington; 2. Truth and art in history plays G. K. Hunter; 3. Chronicles and mythmaking in Shakespeare's Joan of Arc Richard F. Hardin; 4. King John and Embarrassing Women Juliet Dusinberre; 5. Golding's Ovid, Shakespeare's 'Small Latin', and the Real Object of Mockery in 'Pyramus and Thisbe' Anthony Brian Taylor; 6. Ovid and the Sonnets; or, did Shakespeare Feel the Anxiety of Influence? Jonathan Bate; 7. The Play of Sir Thomas More and Some Contemporary Events E. A. J. Honigmann; 8. 'Nobody's Perfect': Actors' Memories and Shakespeare's Plays of the 1590s Lois Potter; 9. The Boyhood of Shakespeare's Heroines P. H. Parry; 10. Shakespeare's 'Brawl Ridiculous' Charles Edelman; 11. Shakespeare's Handwriting Giles E. Dawson; 12. Shakespeare's Performances in England, 1987-8 Stanley Wells; 13. Professional Shakespeare Productions in the British Isles, January-December 1987 compiled by N. Rathbone; 14. The year's contributions to Shakespeare studies; 15. Critical Studies reviewed by R. S. White; 16. Shakespeare's Life, Times and Stage reviewed by Richard Dutton; 17. Editions and Textual Studies reviewed by MacDonald P. Jackson.