Shakespeare and the Truth of Love
The Mystery of 'The Phoenix and Turtle'
Authors: Bednarz, J.
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- About this book
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A comprehensive study of Shakespeare's forgotten masterpiece The Phoenix and Turtle . Bednarz confronts the question of why one of the greatest poems in the English language is customarily ignored or misconstrued by Shakespeare biographers, literary historians, and critics.
- About the authors
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JAMES P. BEDNARZ is Professor of English at Long Island University, USA, where he has received the Trustees' Award for Excellence in Scholarship and the David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is the author of Shakespeare and the Poets' War (2001). He has published widely in international journals and contributed chapters to a number of high profile collections on Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
- Reviews
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'Plausible and outlandish theories alike are recounted extensively and entertainingly [ ] a delicate and nuanced investigation of the poem's philosophy. [ ] Bednarz's book seeks not to explain the poem so much as to define mystery as one of its integral aesthetic qualities. This it does successfully: by making no claims to be definitive, Shakespeare and the Truth of Love renders a great poem more intriguing and provocative than ever.' Hazel Wilkinson, Times Literary Supplement
'Bednarz provides a detailed examination of allegorical and metaphysical readings of Shakespeare's rarely taught 67-line poem...Highly recommended.' CHOICE
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-18
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The Mystery of ‘The Phoenix and Turtle’
Pages 19-48
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Eliminating Essex: Richard II and the Diverse Poetical Essays
Pages 49-70
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Literary Politics: The Publication of Love’s Martyr
Pages 71-102
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Incorporate Selves: Shakespeare’s Mythmaking
Pages 103-139
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Shakespeare and the Truth of Love
- Book Subtitle
- The Mystery of 'The Phoenix and Turtle'
- Authors
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- J. Bednarz
- Series Title
- Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
- Copyright
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-39332-5
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230393325
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-31940-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-33993-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 251
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