Literary criticism – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers

Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 06:02:48 +0000

Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film fills a gap in the world of film literature and celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the first filmed work of the Bard, revealing his continuing international appeal reflected in the success of Shakespeare in Love. This comprehensive guide includes annotations on the film versions of Shakespeare’s plays, as well as filmed stage performances and films based…

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Shakespeare and the Fire of Love

SheaFowb429Aslf — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:35:45 +0000

‘From women’s eyes this doctrine I derive: They are the ground, the books, the academes, From whence doth spring the true Promethean fire’ These lines, spoken by Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost, embody all the passions of the early stages of love but, as so often with Shakespeare, he seems to be hinting at something more. What is the doctrine he derives from women’s eyes? What is it women’s…

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Shakespeare and Platonic Beauty

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:54 +0000

John Vyvyan’s third Shakespearean study was originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1961, but has long been out of print. Looking at some of the comedies, he reveals how the Platonic ideas of beauty and love, as developed by Plotinus, Ficino, Castiglione and Spenser, add an extra dimension to the plays. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It and All’s Well That Ends Well…

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Shakespeare and the Rose of Love

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:54 +0000

Originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1960 as the second volume in a trilogy, this book has long been out of print. It offers a viewpoint seldom considered: an unusual and exceptionally clear insight into Shakespeare’s philosophy. It does so with freshness, modesty and conviction. John Vyvyan continues his exploration into Shakespeare’s philosophy, begun in The Shakespearean Ethic…

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The Shakespearean Ethic

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:54 +0000

Originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1959, this book has long been out of print and largely neglected by Shakespearean scholars. It offers a viewpoint seldom considered: an unusual and exceptionally clear insight into Shakespeare’s philosophy. It does so with freshness, modesty and conviction. Appreciating the danger Shakespeare faced in writing at a time of major religious intolerance…

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On the Nature of Poetry

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:52 +0000

Chosen for June 2009 PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE COLLECTION for Non-Fiction. The author writes: ‘The intention of this book is to examine and analyse the essential nature of the phenomenon we call poetry; to seek an understanding of the power this art form exerts over mind and heart; to comprehend its potency; and to explain its perennial ability to command the respect of mankind’. Almost a library in…

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