Shakespeare's Folktale Sources

Artese, Charlotte.

Shakespeare's Folktale Sources - New Brunswick : University of Delaware Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (169 pages)

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Like the old tale" -- Chapter 1: "Tell thou the tale" -- Chapter 2: "They will not intercept my tale" -- Chapter 3: "Have I encompassed you?" -- Chapter 4: "You shall not know" -- Chapter 5: "From point to point this story know" -- Chapter 6: "Rely upon it till my tale be heard" -- Chapter 7: "Take pieces for the figure's sake" -- Bibliography -- About the Author

Shakespeare's Folktale Sources argues that seven plays--The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice, All's Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Cymbeline--derive one or more of their plots directly from folktales. In most cases, scholars have accepted one literary version of the folktale as a source.



9781644530443


Tales--Influence.
Folklore--Influence.


Electronic Books.

PR2952 / .S535 2015