TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hawkes,Terence
TI  - Meaning by Shakespeare
SN  - 0415074509 (cased)
U1  - 822.33 22
PY  - 1992///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Meaning (Philosophy) in literature
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Reader-response criticism
KW  - HHUUEENN
KW  - September2019
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - We traditionally assume that the `meaning' of each of Shakespeares plays is bequeathed to it by the Bard. It is as if, to the information which used to be given in theatrical programmes, `Cigarettes by Abdullah, Costumes by Motley, Music by Mendelssohn', we should add `Meaning by Shakespeare'. These essays rest on a different, almost opposite, principle. Developing the arguments of the same author's That Shakespearean Rag (1986), they put the case that Shakespeare's plays have no essential meanings, but function as resources which we use to generate meaning. A Midsummer Night'
ER  -