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Title:
"'Who the devil wrote that?': Intertextuality and Authorial Reputation in Georgette Heyer's Venetia"
Author:
Barr, Elizabeth.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2013
Publication Information:
Journal of Popular Romance Studies 3, no. 2 (2013): 1–22.
Annotation:

Analyzes extensive references to Shakespeare in Georgette Heyer's Venetia (1958). Argues that Heyer engaged Shakespeare in order to bolster her prowess as writer. English summary, 1.

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"Speaking Shakespeare's Last Plays"
Author:
Carey, Rebecca Clark.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2013
Publication Information:
Voice and Speech Review 3, no. 1 (2013): 185–92.
Annotation:

By evaluating Shakespeare's evolution as playwright into his last plays, Cymbeline, Winter's Tale, and Tempest, poses question: "how can the voice and text coach help actors to meet the challenges posed by the language of Shakespeare's late plays?" Answers question by entreating voice and text coaches to aid actors in understanding language, making meaningful connection and staying faithful to it, and to project in confident and loud voice.

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"Elizabeth Montagu's Shakespeare Essay (1769): The Final Draft and the First Edition as Evidence of Two Communities of Practice"
Author:
Sairio, Anni.
Type:
Book Chapter
Year:
2013
Publication Information:
177–97.
Annotation:

Discusses "community of practice" that produced Elizabeth Montagu's scholarly essay on Shakespeare, revealing evidence of "collaboration with her friends" during drafting of essay. Examines differences between her draft and final edition, and concludes with assertion that Montagu's work contributed to scholarly conversation anonymously through network of trusted friends.

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"Monarchs on Trial at the Early Modern Court"
Author:
Dillon, Janette.
Type:
Book Chapter
Year:
2013
Annotation:

Considers role of space in relation to Henry VIII performed in 1613 at Blackfriars Theatre. Contends that Shakespeare and Fletcher would have known that same room in which they performed play functioned as place of Katherine's trial. Demonstrates similar "divisions and enclosures of the space" as separation between courtroom's upper and lower end and stage's actors and spectators. Addresses stage directions and positioning of spectators of trial and play as indications of rewriting history and important cultural moments telling same story of monarch as divine.

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Title:
"Shakespeare in Prison: Affecting Health and Wellbeing"
Author:
Heard, Emma M.; Mutch, Allyson; Fitzgerald, Lisa; Pensalfini, Rob.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2013
Publication Information:
International Journal of Prisoner Health 9, no. 3 (2013): 111–23.
Annotation:

Scientifically studied effect of "Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble Prison Project (QSEPP) on the health and wellbeing of participants, specifically with regard to social support." Found that role of theater provided opportunities to build social support networks not traditionally formed among prison populations. English summary, 111.

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Title:
"Supporting Exploratory Text Analysis in Literature Study"
Author:
Meralidharan, Aditi; Hearst, Marti A..
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2013
Publication Information:
Literary and Linguistic Computing 28, no. 2 (2013): 283–95.
Annotation:

Describes literary exploration tool WordSeer, which allows for examination of grammar and context similarities between large amounts of text. Uses an analysis of differences in how male characters and female characters use language within Shakespeare's plays. English summary, 283.

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"Shakespeare e a Prática da Colaborãçao: O Caso de Sir Thomas More e sua Traduçao [Shakespeare and the Practice of Collaboration: The Case of Sir Thomas More and its Translation]"
Author:
Bars Closel, Régis Augustus.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2013
Publication Information:
Traduçao em Revisto [Translation in Revision] 14 (2013): 10–35. (http://tinyurl.com/pdfb6fs%3E)
Annotation:

Analyzes Sir Thomas More's role in the Shakespearean canon by focusing on the collaborative nature of play writing in early modern England. Discusses other collaborative Shakespearean plays and the pedagogical methods behind studying these texts as collaborations.

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