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Shakespeare’s Letters

Shakespeare’s Letters

Alan Stewart

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Oxford University Press
Año de edición:
2008
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Estudios literarios: obras de teatro y dramaturgos
ISBN:
9780199549276

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’Shakespeare’s Letters’ shows how and why Shakespeare put letters on stage in virtually all of his plays. Showing the very different uses to which letters were put in Shakespeare’s time, this book throws new light on some of his most familiar dramas.

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