Shakespeare's folktale sources

Shakespeare's folktale sources / Charlotte Artese.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Artese, Charlotte, 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Sources.
Tales > Influence.
Folklore > Influence.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. "Like the old tale"
  • "Tell thou the tale" : Shakespeare's Taming of the folktale in The Taming of the Shrew
  • "They will not intercept my tale" : Classical and folk traditions in Titus Andronicus
  • "Have I encompassed you?" : Translating the folktale into honesty and English in the Merry Wives of Windsor
  • "You shall not know" : Portia, power, and the folktale sources of The Merchant of Venice
  • "From point to point this story know" : Folktale knowledge and characterization in All's Well That Ends Well"
  • "Rely upon it till my tale be heard" : The failed revision and the fossilized folktale in Measure for Measure
  • "Take pieces for the figure's sake" : The folktale sources and models of Cymbeline.

Similar Items