num_pages: 227
description: A study of the original texts written by Shakespeare, and those with which we are more familiar, following their alteration at the turn of the eighteenth century in accordance with newly standardised grammatical and syntactical rules. The author considers how the alterations changed the practical theatrical value of the works in question.The two texts --Reshaping by being tidy --Reshaping through poetry : balance/harmony versus the messier human moments --Elizabethan thinking --Elizabethan thinking and the modern reader/actor : ideas to help develop a deft, sensual memory --The Shakespearean detective : comparing the two texts --Three types of sentence and the inner volcano --Comparing sentences : the number &amp; the transitions --A logical demand upon speaker/listener alike --Major punctuation as a sign of the unusual : emotion and passion getting in the way --The swamping effect : when the demand on the speaker is almost too much --The speedy dance of everchanging thought --Patterns of the smallest thought --Question and exclamation marks, &amp; four rarities --The need to make a point --Shifting worlds as capitals appear &amp; disappear --As energetic &amp; sensual language, &amp; active speech --Release &amp; excess, withholding &amp; control --Spellings as the dance of spoken language --When the sentences markedly differ : Viola --The steps of the journey : Henry the Sixth --The smaller details : Lady Macbeth --Which texts?
language: English
title: Shakespeare's First Texts
titlecomplete: Shakespeare's First Texts
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Folio Scripts