Rhythm and meaning in Shakespeare : a guide for readers and actors / Peter Groves.

Rhythm and meaning in Shakespeare : a guide for readers and actors / Peter Groves.

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How did Shakespere intend that his plays be read? Rhythm and Meaning in Shakespeare explores the rhythmical organisation of Shakespeare's verse and how it creates and reinforces meaning both in the theatre and in the mind of the reader. Because metrical form in the pentameter is not passively p...

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Main Author: Groves, Peter L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, [2013]
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Literary style.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Language.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Technique.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Prosody
  • The Music of Speech
  • 1.1: Syllables
  • 1.2: Lexical Stress: Major, Minor and Weak
  • 1.3: Accent: High and Low Syllables
  • 1.4: Syntactic Stress
  • 1.5: Beats: The Timing of Syllables
  • Chapter 2: Pentameter and its Common Variations
  • 2.1: The Prototype: Verse and Line
  • 2.2: Changing the Pattern (Metrical Variation)
  • 2.3: Changing the Representation of the Pattern (Prosodic Variation)
  • 2.4: Other Variations in Rhythm
  • Chapter 3: Pauses, Breaks and Transitions
  • 3.1: Pauses and Short Lines3.2: Transitions Between Speakers
  • Chapter 4: The Short Pentameter 1: Silent Offbeats
  • 4.1: The 'Jolt'
  • 4.2: The 'Drag'
  • Chapter 5: The Short Pentameter 2: Silent Beats
  • 5.1: Rests that Cue Stage Business
  • 5.2: Rests that Cue Expressive Gestures
  • 5.3: The Deictic Rest
  • 5.4: Multiple Lacunae
  • Chapter 6: Other Kinds of Verse in the Plays
  • 6.1: Short and Long Lines in Blank Verse
  • 6.2: Rhymed Verse
  • Chapter 7: Taking it Further: Metrical Analysis
  • 7.1: What is Scansion (and Why is it Useful?)
  • 7.2: Prosodic Politics: Independence, Domination and Liberation
  • 7.3: Scanning Elastic Words
  • 7.4: Context and Accent
  • 7.5: Scanning Compounds
  • 7.6: Scanning and Stress Exchange
  • 7.7: Scanning Short Pentameters
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A: Differently Stressed Words
  • Appendix B: Pronouncing Shakespeare's Names
  • Appendix C: Stress in Monosyllables
  • Appendix D: Select Glossary
  • Appendix E: A List of Symbols used in Scansion
  • Appendix F: A List of Abbreviations
  • References
  • Back Cover.

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