Doing Shakespeare

This dazzling study of Shakespeare amplifies the First Folio's injuction: read him. Here is not the usual thematic, contextual or reinvented Shakespeare. Instead, Simon Palfrey analyses language with Empsonian rigou, employing a microscopic precision to reveal a teeming semantic life within the smallest conceit. This produces some wonderful local readings. Laertes's tendency to hendiadys is evidence of his family's self-affirming tendentiousness, Iago's snorting citizens suggests the piggish heartiness of the complacent ... Read More

This dazzling study of Shakespeare amplifies the First Folio's injuction: read him. Here is not the usual thematic, contextual or reinvented Shakespeare. Instead, Simon Palfrey analyses language with Empsonian rigou, employing a microscopic precision to reveal a teeming semantic life within the smallest conceit. This produces some wonderful local readings. Laertes's tendency to hendiadys is evidence of his family's self-affirming tendentiousness, Iago's snorting citizens suggests the piggish heartiness of the complacent Venetians while cocking an ear towards the rutting Othello... The second half of Doing Shakespeare engages fruitfully with characterization as a linguistic function. Read Less

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