Teaching Shakespeare: Passing It On

Teaching Shakespeare: Passing It On

by G . B . Shand (Editor)

Synopsis

This contemplative anthology offers personal essays by noted scholars on a range of topics related to the teaching of Shakespeare. Ideal for the graduate student, it addresses many of the primary concerns and rewards of the discipline, drawing on the variety of special skills, interests, and experiences brought to the classroom by the volume's distinguished contributors.* Offers insight into the classroom practices, special skills, interests, and experiences of some of the most distinguished Shakespearean scholars in the field* Features essayists who reflect on the experience of teaching Shakespeare at university level; how they approach the subject and why they think it is important to teach* Provides anecdotal and practical advice for any reader interested in teaching the works of Shakespeare* Engagingly candid

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 05 Sep 2008

ISBN 10: 1405140461
ISBN 13: 9781405140461

Media Reviews
The focus of this often inspiring book is the teaching of Shakespeare at uni versity level. It had never occurred to me that anything as sophisticated as a pedagogy might actually underpin university teaching. (Early Theatre, 2010)
Author Bio
G. B. Shand , Senior Scholar at York University's Glendon College, writes on teaching early modern drama, and on text and performance. He edited both prose and poetry for Oxford's Complete Middleton. As text coach, he has assisted on professional productions in Canada and at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. His mentors in graduate school were the quietly gifted Guy Hamel, and the formidable yet unfailingly generous Clifford Leech.