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Shakespeare and Sir Thomas More: Essays on the Play and Its Shakespearian Interest

Shakespeare and Sir Thomas More: Essays on the Play and Its Shakespearian Interest

Howard-Hill, T. H.
T. H., Howard-Hill

Paperback

Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare Studies and Supplementary Texts

Literary CriticismPlays

ISBN10: 0521123461
ISBN13: 9780521123464
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 19 2009
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Scholarly interest in The Book of Sir Thomas More has concentrated on the issue of Shakespeare's contribution to its revision. The play, which concerns the life of Sir Thomas More, was written in 1593-4, subjected to censorship by the Master of the Revels and revised by a group of playwrights which probably included Shakespeare. 148 lines have been claimed as Shakespeare's, and these were the focus of a collection of essays edited by A. W. Pollard in 1923. The range of topics in this volume is much wider than that of the 1923 collection, taking in the problems presented by the play as a whole, its authorship and revision, structure, occasion and staging. The terms of controversy are realigned, and the stature of the play re-established, making it appear more than ever likely that Shakespeare contributed to its revision.

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