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Shakespeare and the versification of English drama, 1561-1642 / Marina Tarlinskaja.

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Surveying the development and varieties of blank verse in the English playhouses, this book is a natural history of iambic pentameter in English. Marina Tarlinskaja's statistical analysis of versification focuses on Shakespeare, but places his work in the literary context of the times. Her resu...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Tarlinskaja, Marina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2016.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Versification.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Verse drama, English > History and criticism.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
Verse drama, English
Versification
1500-1600
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why study versification? Versification analysis, tests
  • 2. How it all began : from Surrey's Aeneid to Marlowe's Tamburlaine
  • 3. Early Elizabethan playwrights : Kyd, Marlowe, Greene, Peele, early Shakespeare, 2, 3 Henry VI and Arden of Faversham
  • 4. Shakespeare's versification : evolution, co-authored plays, the poem A lover's complaint
  • 5. Jacobean and Caroline playwrights : from Shakespeare to Shirley
  • 6. Conclusions : Shakespeare and versification, 1540s-1640s.

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