Papers presented at the 2008 International Shakespeare Conference at Stratford-upon-Avon. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Frank Occhiogrosso -- Close readings of the written text. A special meaning of "within" / Mariko Ichikawa -- "Music plays and they dance": a close reading of Romeo and Juliet, 1.5 / Frank Occhiogrosso -- "Post-alone": a missing word and the limits of biography / Lachlan Mackinnon -- Shakespeare's secret language, with specimens from a commentary / John Russell Brown -- Close reading, illustration, and productive ambivalence / Stuart Sillars -- A dramatic function of Caliban's "Be not afeared" speech in The tempest / John Mucciolo -- "Mention my name in Verona": is Cassio Florentine? / Steve Sohmer -- Close reading of performance. Close enough readings, or trying to ascribe the actor's part in analyzing performance texts / Kevin A. Ewart -- Reading Morocco: four film versions of The merchant of Venice / Boika Sokolova -- Red button Shakespeare / Rob Conkie -- Can we/should we close read performance? / Andrew James Hartley.
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