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Autore |
White R. S. <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Innocent victims [[electronic resource] ] : poetic injustice in Shakespearean tragedy / / R.S. White |
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London, : Athlone Press, 1986 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-78347-1 |
9786611783471 |
0-567-61849-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (160 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Victims in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface to second edition; I: Fore Thoughts; II: Innocent Victims; III: Lavinia; IV: Lucrece; V: Children; VI: Ophelia; VII: Desdemona; VIII: Cordelia; IX: After Thoughts; Appendix: Critics and Victims; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is a revised version of the book which was privately published by the author in 1982. At the time, the book was widely welcomed by Shakespearean scholars as a trenchant, scholarly and highly original contribution to the field of Shakespearean studies. The book's argument is that a full response to Shakespearean tragedy has to take account of the fate of the victims as well as of the tragic heroes and this thesis is illustrated and developed by a consideration of Lavinia, Lucrece and the children in Richard III, Macbeth and King John; and to the thee principal Shakespearean tragic victims, |
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