Delivery included to the United States

Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers

Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World's Greatest Writer

Hardback (08 Oct 2024)

Save $5.84

  • RRP $31.48
  • $25.64
Add to basket

Includes delivery to the United States

10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within 7-10 days

free Reserve & collect

Copies available at Blackwell's Oxford Broad Street

Reserve in Store |  Check stock elsewhere

Publisher's Synopsis

A fascinating book exploring the early modern authors who helped to shape Shakespeare’s beloved plays.

Shakespeare’s plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playwrights who influenced him? Shakespeare's borrowed feathers offers a fresh look at William Shakespeare and the community of playwrights that shaped his work. This compelling book argues that we need to see early modern drama as a communal enterprise, with playwrights borrowing from and adapting one another's work.

From John Lyly's wit to the collaborative genius of John Fletcher, to Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson, Shakespeare's borrowed feathers offers fresh insights into Shakespeare’s artistic development and shows us new ways of looking at the masterpieces that have enchanted audiences for centuries.

'A marvellous guide that provides a window into the dramatic culture that Shakespeare inherited, absorbed and shaped, showing how his experience as an actor determined the course of his writing career.' Andrew Hadfield, author of Thomas Nashe and Late Elizabethan Writing

About the Publisher

Manchester University Press

Founded in 1904, MUP is the third largest University Press in England and publishes monographs and textbooks by authors from all over the world. Currently publishing 145 new books a year and managing a portfolio of 14 journals as well as an extensive backlist of over 1000 titles, the Press sells more than 150,000 books each year to a global audience. The Press exports some 50 percent of output to more than 60 countries using representatives in Britain, Ireland and Europe and agents elsewhere including North America, Canada and Australia.

Book information

ISBN: 9781526177322
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 822.33
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 574g
Height: 241mm
Width: 168mm
Spine width: 29mm