William Shakespeare’s “parcels and particulars”: His (Dis)Regard for Details in Creating Fictional Reality

• Authors: Kaczyński Daniel
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

The author argues that although William Shakespeare sometimes allows for minor incon- sistencies in his plays, which more often than not pass unnoticed during their performanc- es, he meticulously weaves their structures. In the course of analysing two examples of the playwright’s works, The Comedy of Errors and Much Ado About Nothing, the author suggests that in the former the Bard offers an hour-after-hour image of the fictional reality, whereas in the latter he not only provides us with a detailed account of the events placed within the calendar, but also seems to take advantage of this structure to suggest some hidden meaning.

Keywords

EN

William Shakespeare; The Comedy of Errors; Much Ado About Nothing; textual inconsistencies; temporal structure

• Publisher: Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 25/3
• Pages: 51-67

Contributors

author

Kaczyński Daniel

• University of Warsaw

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