Stanley Wells (1) (1930–)
Autor von The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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Shakespeare and Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other… (2007) 284 Exemplare
Shakespeare Survey 40: Current Approaches to Shakespeare through Language, Text and Theatre (1987) 10 Exemplare
Re-editing Shakespeare for the Modern Reader: Based on Lectures Given at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington,… (1984) 5 Exemplare
The first annual Shakespeare Globe lecture: Staging Shakespeare's apparitions and dream visions 2 Exemplare
William Shakespeare: the complete works 2 Exemplare
King Lear 1 Exemplar
History of King Lear 1 Exemplar
THE STRATFORD-UPON-AVON LIBRARY 1: THOMAS NASHE: PIERCE PENNILESS HIS SUPPLICATION TO THE DEVIL; SUMMER'S LAST… (1964) 1 Exemplar
'"O Rare Ben Jonson"' in NYRB 59/7, 26 April 2012 [review of Donaldson's 'Ben Jonson: a life'] 1 Exemplar
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Lovers made men : a masque presented in the house of the Right Honourable the Lord Hay by divers of noble quality, his… — Herausgeber, einige Ausgaben — 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Wells, Stanley William
- Geburtstag
- 1930-05-21
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- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Ausbildung
- University College London
Kingston High School, Kingston-upon-Hull, England, UK - Berufe
- Shakespeare scholar
Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
Chairman, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Beziehungen
- Hill, Susan (wife)
Ruston, Jessica (daughter) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Sam Wanamaker Award (2010)
Honorary DLitt, University of Warwick (2008)
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Knighthood (2016)
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This is, for my money, the most readable, approachable, intelligent introduction to Shakespeare studies that I've yet found. Each of the book's 45 chapters is written by a different scholar, and edited by Stanley Wells and Lena Cowen Orlin. Over the course of this 45 chapters, readers are given a detailed but comprehensive introduction to the headline topics. This includes Shakespeare's life from birth to death; the theatres and culture of his time; how plays were written, performed, and printed; Shakespeare's genres; close readings of several of the plays; performance practice through the ages; some of the main branches of Shakespearean criticism, ranging from post-colonial and feminist to new historicism; Shakespeare on film and in translation; and Shakespeare online. While the last of those categories is hopelessly outdated, the rest remains invaluable.
What the editors get right is that each chapter is written with a scholarly air, rather than presenting "Shakespeare for Dummies!". At the same time, I wish that some of my Penguin or Arden editions chose to include a few of these morsels. The plain-speaking explanation of the difference between iambs, trochees and spondees will be of much use to someone approaching Shakespeare with trepidation. Each chapter also includes a bibliography for suggested reading, which should be able to direct the keen reader to a wealth of knowledge.
Of course, at the end of the day, most chapters are roughly 10 pages long. This is an overview, and a ground-level one at that. But, after all, the joy of Shakespeare is in the discovery. I recommend this book to all - even if you're fairly well-read - as you'll find many avenues to explore in the future.… (mehr)