Shakespeare today
Shakespeare Today is a book by Jan Kott that was published in Polish ( Szekspir wspólczesny ) in 1965 and in German in 1970 and has since been translated into many other languages. Kott's work not only gave new impetus to Shakespeare research, it also shaped practical theater work . In fourteen essays Jan Kott analyzes all of the major Shakespeare dramas and compares the cruelty of the Elizabethan age with the experiences of the Second World War .
To the content of the book
- I. The tragedies
- II. The comedies
- III. Miscarriage
- Remarks
- reference
- register
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- Jan Kott, Shakespeare today, R.Piper Verlag, Munich 1970, ISBN 3492018238 , title number 1823 - 1st edition, original title: Szekspir wspólczesny , published by Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1965