The adventures of a Shakespeare scholar
Subtitle: to discover Shakespeare's art
By: Marvin Rosenberg.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Newark, Del; London; Cranbury, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: Rarely does a scholar single-handedly point Shakespeare study in a new direction. But in the 1950s, when brilliant insights were being achieved in Shakespeare's language, and a few theatre historians were recording stagings and stage business, Marvin Rosenberg led the way to a wider perspective of the poet-playwright's genius. He insisted that Shakespeare's art fused poetry-of-the-word with poetry-of-the-theatre, each illuminating the other inseparably.

The essays in this collection reflect the remarkable diversity of Rosenberg's pursuit of his vision; his theoretical grounding in the aesthetics of the dramatic form; his absorption of the cultural contexts in which Shakespeare's plays were created and perceived; his immersion in the language and characters of the plays, and in how critics and theatres of the world interpreted them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-356) and index.